World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Resettlement Action Plan Gansu Project Management Office (PMO) April 2019 Summary Purpose of preparing this RAP The RAP is prepared in accordance with the applicable laws of the People’s Republic of China and local regulations and a series of provisions in the Bank Operational Policy OP4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement for the purpose of “developing an action plan for resettlement and restoration for the people affected by the project, so that they benefit from the project, their standard of living is improved or at least restored after the completion of the project. Definitions of Key Terms Displaced persons Based on the criteria for eligibility for compensation, “Displaced Persons” may be classified in one of the following three groups: a) those who have formal legal rights to land (including customary and traditional rights recognized under the laws of the country); b) those who do not have formal legal rights to land at the time the census begins but have a claim to such land or assets-provided that such claims are recognized under the laws of the country or become recognized through a process identified in the RAP; and c) those who have no recognizable legal right or claim to the land they are occupying. Persons covered under paragraphs (a) and (b) are provided compensation for the land they lose, and other assistance. Persons covered under paragraph (c) are provided resettlement assistance in lieu of compensation for the land they occupy, and other assistance, as necessary, to achieve the objective set out in this policy, if they occupy the project area prior to a cut-off date① established by the borrower and acceptable to the World Bank. Persons who encroach on the area after the cut-off date are not entitled to compensation or any other form of resettlement assistance. All persons included in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) are provided compensation for loss of assets other than land. Compensation and resettlement measures To address the following impacts of the involuntary taking of land: (i) displacement or loss of shelter; (ii) lost of assets or access to assets; or (iii) loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected persons must move to another location, an RAP or a resettlement policy framework shall be prepared to cover the following: (a) The Resettlement Action Plan or resettlement policy framework includes measures to ensure that the displaced persons are:  informed about their options and rights pertaining to resettlement;  consulted on, offered choices among, and provided with technically and economically feasible resettlement alternatives; and  provided prompt and effective compensation at full replacement cost②, for losses of assets attributable directly to the project. (b) If the impacts include physical displacement, the RAP or resettlement policy framework includes measures to ensure that the displaced persons are:  provided assistance (such as moving allowances) during displacement; and  provided with residential housing, or housing sites, or, as required, agricultural sites for which a combination of productive potential, locational advantages, and other factors is at least equivalent to the advantages of the old site. ① Normally, this cut-off date is the date the census begins. The cut-off date could also be the date the project area was delineated, prior to the census, provided that there has been an effective public dissemination of information on the area delineated, and systematic and continuous dissemination subsequent to the delineation to prevent further population influx. ② "Replacement cost" is the method of valuation of assets that helps determine the amount sufficient to replace lost assets and cover transaction costs. In applying this method of valuation, depreciation of structures and assets should not be taken into account. II (c) Where necessary to achieve the objective of the policy, the Resettlement Action Plan or resettlement policy framework also includes measures to ensure that displaced persons are:  offered support after displacement, for a transition period, based on a reasonable estimate of the time likely to be needed to restore their livelihood and standards of living;  provided with development assistance in addition to compensation measures described in paragraph (a) (iii), such as land preparation, credit facilities, training, or job opportunities. Cut-off Date Cut-off date: means the date of publication of the announcement of LA and property demolition in this project. After this date, the displaced persons shall not build, rebuild or expand their properties; shall not change the uses of their properties and land; shall not lease their land, lease, sell or purchase their properties; and any person that moves in after this date shall not qualify as a displaced person. Entitlement Entitlement means a series of compensation measures offered to ‘displaces persons’ in order to enable them to restore livelihoods to the previous level. Measures include compensation, income restoration, transition assistance, replacement livelihoods, moving cost assistance, offered based on the nature and extent of displacement. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) The mechanism and arrangement/procedures to receive complaints and feedback from displaced persons concerning impacts caused by physical and economic displacement and other impacts causing reduced livelihoods. The GRM pays special attention to vulnerable groups. Income restoration Income restoration means restoration of income source and livelihoods for project affected persons, including restoring the entire income and livelihoods before project commence. Income restoration plan is based on social and economic investigation and training needs assessment to restore livelihoods to its previous level. Effective Consultation The process of effective consultation includes a) starting in the early project preparation stage and throughout entire project implementation cycle, b) using methods with easy access, transparent information and understanding by affected persons, c) free of pressure and threat, d) inclusive of voices from women and other vulnerable groups, and e) taking into consideration of all opinions from affected persons and stakeholders. Vulnerable Groups Vulnerable groups refer to those who may be more likely to be adversely and disproportionately affected by the project impacts given their disadvantaged or vulnerable status. Vulnerable groups typically include poor population, land-loss farmers, elderly, women, children and ethnic minorities, and those who have no legal entitlement to land. III Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Contents SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................................................... II DISPLACED PERSONS ................................................................................................................................................ II 1. OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 COMPONENTS AND OVERVIEW OF RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ............................................................................... 2 1.3 MEASURES TO REDUCE RESETTLEMENT ............................................................................................................. 6 1.4 NOTE ON THIS REPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 6 1.5 IDENTIFICATION OF RELATED PROJECTS ............................................................................................................. 6 2 IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 DETAILED MEASUREMENT SURVEY .................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 PROJECT AREA .................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 DETAILED IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................................. 8 2.3.1 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land ........................................................................................... 8 2.3.2 Permanent Occupation of State-owned Land ..................................................................................... 8 2.3.3 Temporary Land Occupation ................................................................................................................. 9 2.3.4 Demolition of Residential Houses ......................................................................................................... 9 2.3.5 Demolition of Non-residential Properties ........................................................................................... 10 2.3.6 Affected Population ............................................................................................................................... 11 2.3.7 Affected Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................................................ 11 2.3.8 Affected Young Crops and Ground Attachments .............................................................................. 12 3 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ............................................................................. 13 3.1 AFFECTED CITIES / COUNTIES ........................................................................................................................... 13 3.2 AFFECTED TOWNSHIPS ..................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 AFFECTED VILLAGES ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.4 SAMPLING SURVEY ON AHS .............................................................................................................................. 15 3.4.1 Households Affected by LA ................................................................................................................. 15 3.4.2 Households Affected by HD................................................................................................................. 17 4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICY OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................... 19 4.1 OBJECTIVES OF RESETTLEMENT ....................................................................................................................... 19 4.2 POLICY FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................................................ 19 4.3 KEY PRINCIPLES ............................................................................................................................................... 20 4.4 SUMMARY OF RESETTLEMENT POLICIES OF THE PROJECT................................................................................. 21 4.4.1 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land ......................................................................................... 21 4.4.2 Permanent Occupation of State-owned Land ................................................................................... 22 4.4.3 Temporary Land Occupation ............................................................................................................... 22 4.4.4 Demolition of Residential Houses ....................................................................................................... 22 4.4.5 Demolition of Non-residential Properties ........................................................................................... 23 4.4.6 Ground Attachments ............................................................................................................................. 23 4.4.7 Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................................................................ 23 5 COMPENSATION RATES ................................................................................................................................... 26 5.1 PERMANENT ACQUISITION OF COLLECTIVE LAND ............................................................................................ 26 5.2 PERMANENT OCCUPATION OF STATE-OWNED LAND .......................................................................................... 27 5.3 TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ...................................................................................................................... 27 5.4 DEMOLITION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ............................................................................................................ 28 5.5 DEMOLITION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES .............................................................................................. 28 5.6 GROUND ATTACHMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 29 5.7 5.7 ADDITIONAL TAX/COST TO BE PAID FOR COMPENSATION RESERVE ............................................................ 29 6 PERMANENT ACQUISITION OF COLLECTIVE LAND .............................................................................. 30 6.1.1 LA Impact Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 30 6.1.2 Resettlement and Restoration Measures .......................................................................................... 32 6.2 TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ...................................................................................................................... 33 6.3 DEMOLITION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ............................................................................................................ 34 6.4 DEMOLITION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES .............................................................................................. 36 6.5 VULNERABLE GROUPS ...................................................................................................................................... 36 iv Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 6.6 AFFECTED GROUND ATTACHMENTS .................................................................................................................. 36 7 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ................................................ 37 7.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CAPACITY BUILDING ................................................................................ 37 7.1.1 Organizational Setup ............................................................................................................................ 37 7.1.2 Organizational Responsibilities ........................................................................................................... 37 7.1.3 Staffing .................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.1.4 Equipment .............................................................................................................................................. 39 7.1.5 Training Program ................................................................................................................................... 39 7.2 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE............................................................................................................................ 39 8 BUDGET AND FUNDING SOURCES................................................................................................................ 41 8.1 BUDGET ............................................................................................................................................................ 41 8.2 ANNUAL INVESTMENT P LAN ............................................................................................................................. 41 8.3 FUNDING SOURCES AND DISBURSEMENT PROCESS ........................................................................................... 42 9 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, CONSULTATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ............................................. 43 9.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ...................................................................................................................................... 43 9.1.1 Public Participation at the Preparation Stage ................................................................................... 43 9.1.2 Public Participation Plan ...................................................................................................................... 44 9.2 GRIEVANCE REDRESS ........................................................................................................................................ 44 9.2.1 Scope and Modes of Complaints Redress ............................................................................................... 45 9.2.2 Recording and Feedback of Grievances and Appeals ........................................................................... 45 9.2.3 Contact Information for Grievance Redress ............................................................................................ 45 10 M&E ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 10.1 INTERNAL MONITORING ................................................................................................................................... 46 10.1.1 Procedure ............................................................................................................................................... 46 10.1.2 Scope ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 10.1.3 Reporting ................................................................................................................................................ 46 10.2 INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL MONITORING ........................................................................................................... 46 10.2.1 Purpose and Tasks ............................................................................................................................... 46 10.2.2 External M&E Agency ........................................................................................................................... 46 10.2.3 Procedure and Scope ........................................................................................................................... 46 10.2.4 Indicators ................................................................................................................................................ 47 10.2.5 Reporting ................................................................................................................................................ 47 10.2.6 Post-evaluation ...................................................................................................................................... 47 11 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX .................................................................................................................................. 48 APPENDIX 1 RESETTLEMENT DUE DILIGENCE REPORT OF MAJIAYAO CULTURE EXHIBITION CENTER AND MAJIAYAO SITE SCENIC ZONE ..................................................................................................... 51 1. BACKGROUND......................................................................................................................................................... 51 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THIS PROJECT .............................................................................................................................. 51 1.2 RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................................... 51 1.3 PURPOSE, SCOPE AND METHODS OF RESETTLEMENT DUE DILIGENCE ....................................................................... 53 2. COMPENSATION AND RESETTLEMENT ........................................................................................................... 53 2.1 IAS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 53 2.2 COMPENSATION RATES............................................................................................................................................. 54 2.3 RESETTLEMENT MEASURES ..................................................................................................................................... 54 2.4 EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 54 3. SAMPLING AND SATISFACTION SURVEYS ..................................................................................................... 54 3.1 OVERVIEW OF SAMPLING SURVEY ............................................................................................................................ 54 3.2 SATISFACTION SURVEY ............................................................................................................................................ 55 3.3 EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 56 4. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ......................................................................... 56 4.1 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND CONSULTATION ...................................................................................................... 56 4.2 GRIEVANCE REDRESS ............................................................................................................................................... 56 4.3 EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 57 v Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 5. CONCLUSION AND ADVICE ................................................................................................................................. 57 5.1 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................................... 57 5.2 ADVICE .................................................................................................................................................................... 57 ANNEX: RELEVANT POLICIES AND COMPENSATION DOCUMENTS ............................................................ 58 APPENDIX 2 OPINIONS ON THE HANDLING OF SOME ISSUES OF HOUSE ACQUISITION ON STATE-OWNED LAND OF QINZHOU DISTRICT.................................................................................................... 60 APPENDIX 3 NOTICE OF THE GANSU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ON ISSUING LOCATION-BASED LAND COMPENSATION RATES AND UNIFORM AAOV RATES OF GANSU PROVINCE ............................ 61 APPENDIX 4 COMPENSATION RATES FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND GROUND ATTACHMENTS FOR THE TIANPING EXPRESSWAY (QIN’AN SEGMENT) ........................................................................................... 63 APPENDIX 5 NOTICE OF WUSHAN COUNTY PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT ON COMPENSATION STANDARD FOR YOUNG SEEDLINGS IN WUSHAN TRANSIT SECTION OF LANCHENG OIL PIPELINE .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 ......................................................................................................... 65 ........................................................................................................ 65 vi Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project ........................................................................................................ 65 ...................................................................................................... 65 APPENDIX 6 NOTICE OF THE WUSHAN COUNTY PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION (HISTORICAL LEGACY) IN THE PLANNED AREA OF THE COUNTY TOWN ................................................................................................................................ 66 APPENDIX 7 WUSHAN COUNTY PROJECT OFFICE LEADING GROUP ........................................................ 68 vii Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project List of Tables TABLE 1-1 SUMMARY OF PROJECT COUNTIES (CITIES / DISTRICTS) .............................................................................. 1 TABLE 1-2 SCOPE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT................................................................................................ 2 TABLE 1-3 RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND PREPARATION OF RESETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS.............. 3 TABLE 1-4 SUMMARY OF RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS......................................................................................................... 5 TABLE 2-1 DMS OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................................................... 7 TABLE 2-2 SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT AREA ................................................................................................................. 7 TABLE 2-3 SUMMARY OF LA IMPACTS .............................................................................................................................. 8 TABLE 2-4 SUMMARY OF PERMANENTLY OCCUPIED STATE-OWNED LAND..................................................................... 8 TABLE 2-5 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS OF TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ......................................................................... 9 TABLE 2-6 SUMMARY OF DEMOLISHED RURAL RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ........................................................................... 9 TABLE 2-7 SUMMARY OF AFFECTED ENTITIES AND STORES ON STATE-OWNED LAND................................................. 10 TABLE 2-8 BASIC INFORMATION OF AFFECTED STORES ............................................................................................... 10 TABLE 2-9 SUMMARY OF AFFECTED POPULATION ......................................................................................................... 11 TABLE 2-10 SUMMARY OF AFFECTED VULNERABLE GROUPS....................................................................................... 11 TABLE 2-11 SUMMARY OF AFFECTED GROUND ATTACHMENTS .................................................................................... 12 TABLE 3-1 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT COUNTIES (DISTRICTS) ............................................................... 14 TABLE 3-2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED TOWNSHIPS ............................................................................... 15 TABLE 3-3 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED VILLAGES ................................................................................... 15 TABLE 3-4 GENDER STRUCTURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (%) ................................................................................. 15 TABLE 3-5 AGE STRUCTURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (%) ........................................................................................ 15 TABLE 3-6 EDUCATIONAL LEVEL STRUCTURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (%) ............................................................. 16 TABLE 3-7 PER CAPITA CULTIVATED AREA OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (MU) ................................................................. 16 TABLE 3-8 PER CAPITA ANNUAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (YUAN PER CAPITA) ............ 16 TABLE 3-9 MAIN INCOME SOURCES OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (YUAN PER CAPITA).................................................... 16 TABLE 3-10 COMPOSITION OF PER CAPITA ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (YUAN PER CAPITA) .. 17 TABLE 3-11 AGE STRUCTURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (%) ...................................................................................... 17 TABLE 3-12 EDUCATIONAL LEVEL STRUCTURE OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS (%) ........................................................... 17 TABLE 3-13 HOUSING CONDITIONS OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS .................................................................................... 17 TABLE 4-1 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................... 19 TABLE 5-1 LA COMPENSATION RATES OF PROJECT COUNTIES.................................................................................... 26 TABLE 5-2 COMPARISON BETWEEN LA COMPENSATION RATES OF THE PROJECT AND UNIFORM AAOV RATES OF GANSU PROVINCE .................................................................................................................................................... 26 TABLE 5-3 COMPENSATION RATES FOR TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ................................................................... 27 TABLE 5-6 COMPENSATION RATES FOR GROUND ATTACHMENTS ................................................................................. 29 TABLE 6-1 SUMMARY OF LA IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................ 31 TABLE 6-2 ANALYSIS OF LAND LOSS RATES .................................................................................................................. 31 TABLE 6-3 ANALYSIS OF INCOME LOSS RATES .............................................................................................................. 31 TABLE 6-4 ANALYSIS OF PER CAPITA INCOME LOSSES ................................................................................................. 32 TABLE 6-5 SUMMARY OF LOCAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS .................................................................................... 33 TABLE 6-6 COVERAGE OF RESETTLEMENT MODES ...................................................................................................... 33 TABLE 6-7 HD COMPENSATION AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM ................................................................................. 34 TABLE 6-8 RESETTLEMENT MODES FOR AFFECTED ENTITIES AND STORES ................................................................ 35 TABLE 7-1 STAFFING OF RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES..................................................................................................... 39 TABLE 7-2 RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ............................................................................................. 40 TABLE 8-1 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET (0,000 YUAN)....................................................................................................... 41 TABLE 8-2 ANNUAL INVESTMENT PLAN (0,000 YUAN)................................................................................................... 41 TABLE 8-3 FUNDING SOURCES ...................................................................................................................................... 42 TABLE 9-1 IMPLEMENTED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ...................................................... 43 TABLE 9-2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN........................................................................................................................ 44 TABLE 9-3 GRIEVANCE REGISTRATION FORM ............................................................................................................... 45 TABLE 9-4 CONTACT INFORMATION FOR GRIEVANCE REDRESS ....................................................................................... 45 TABLE 11-1 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX................................................................................................................................. 48 viii Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project List of Figures FIGURE 1-1 LOCATION MAP OF PROJECT COUNTIES (CITIES / DISTRICTS) ................................................................... 2 FIGURE 2-1 HOUSES TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR HANMO CULTURE AND ART CENTER, AND W ULAN ANCIENT TOWN FOLKLORE VILLAGE .................................................................................................................................................. 10 FIGURE 2-2 PUBLIC HOUSE AND STORES TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR THE ZHANGYE CHIEF COMMANDER MANSION ... 11 FIGURE 7-1 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ........................................................................................................................... 37 FIGURE 8-1 FUND DISBURSEMENT FLOWCHART ........................................................................................................... 42 ix Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project ABBREVIATIONS AAOV - Average Annual Output Value AH - Affected Household AP - Affected Person DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey FGD - Focus Group Discussion HD - House Demolition LA - Land Acquisition LEF - Land-expropriated Farmer M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation MLS - Minimum Living Security NRCR - National Research Center for Resettlement PMO - Project Management Office PRC - People’s Republic of China RIB - Resettlement Information Booklet RAP - Resettlement Action Plan Units Currency unit = Yuan (CNY) 1.00 yuan = $0.15 1 hectare = 15 mu X Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 1. Overview 1.1 Background of the Project Despite Gansu’s rich natural, cultural, and historic resources, it is China’s poorest province and significantly lags other provinces on most economic and social indicators. Gansu’s per capita income is less than half the national average and a mere 23 percent of that in leading provinces. Measured by per capita disposable income and access to and quality of infrastructure, Gansu also ranks last among all the provinces. Agricultural development alone has proved inadequate to lift Gansu’s poor out of poverty. The once-powerful heavy industries are declining. The province is turning to the service sectors to drive its economic growth, but so far has had only limited success. Uneven development and significant disparities exist within Gansu Province—there are also striking disparities between rural and urban areas, and a wide gap between the capital city, Lanzhou, and secondary cities and towns. Gansu Province has rich tourism resources and many world-class cultural heritage sites, and is a cradle of the Chinese civilization. However, such resources are not well planned, developed and utilized, and scenic zones are small and scattered, resulting in short tourist stay and low tourist spending. Gansu Provincial Government has applied for the implementation of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project (hereinafter, the “Project”), which is included in the National Plan of 2016-2018 Alternative Projects Financed by International Financial Organizations with the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance, with an approved Bank loan of $180 million. The Gansu Project Leading Group and the Gansu PMO were established with the approval of the Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission in 2017 to prepare for the Project. The Project will be implemented in 8 counties (county-level cities / districts) in 4 prefecture-level cities, namely Maiji District, Wushan County, Qin’an County, and Tianshui City; Lintao and Tongwei Counties, Dingxi City; Ganzhou District, Zhangye City; Suzhou District and Dunhuang County, Jiuquan City. See Table 1-1. Table 1-1 Summary of Project Counties (Cities / Districts) Province Prefecture-level city County (county-level city / district) Maiji District Tianshui Qin’an County Wushan County Lintao County Gansu Dingxi Tongwei County Zhangye Ganzhou District Suzhou District Jiuquan Dunhuang City 1 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Figure 1-1 Location Map of Project Counties (Cities / Districts) 1.2 Components and Overview of Resettlement Impacts The planned investment in the Project is 1.61847billion yuan, including a Bank loan of $180.47 million, accounting for 70.9%; and domestic counterpart funds of 468.99 million yuan, accounting for 29.1%. The Project consists of 8 subprojects in 8 counties (county-level cities/ districts) in4 prefecture-level cities, namely Dingxi, Tianshui, Zhangye and Jiuquan. See Table 1-2. Table 1-2 Scope of Construction of the Project Funding source Investment Local Bank loan No. Location Subproject and scope (10,000 counterpart yuan) 10,000 $10,000 10,000 yuan yuan Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Lintao County, 1 Majiayao Site Scenic Zone (including 22794.51 2693.03 17000.00 5794.51 Dingxi City tourism infrastructure) Tongwei County, Hanmo Culture and Art Center: 2 47662.42 4752.40 30000.00 17662.42 Dingxi City pedestrian street, square and center Lacquer Ware Skills Inheritance and Maiji District, 3 Development: construction of Tianshui 2238.16 269.30 1700.00 538.16 Tianshui City Lacquer Ware Cultural Industry Park Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Qin’an County, Historical and Cultural 4 23021.42 2693.03 17000.00 6021.42 Tianshui City Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, 6162.69 713.15 4500 1662.69 Ganzhou District, 5 Inheritance and Folklore Village Zhangye City 15,670.99 1742.55 11000.00 4670.99 Development Wushan County, Shandan Town, Jade Origin, 6 10663 1287 8948 1715 Tianshui City Characteristic Cultural Town Project Suzhou District, Jiuquan Silk Road Research Center and 7 8422.78 1029.69 6500.00 1922.78 Jiuquan City Library Dunhuang Xuanquanzhi Site Protection and 8 District, Jiuquan Demonstration: Two demonstration 13180.68 1346.51 8500.00 4680.68 City sites, and two experience footpaths 2 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Total 161847.69 18047.43 114748 47099.69 Source: feasibility study reports of subprojects Among the above subprojects, based on resettlement impact assessment, the following four sub-projects caused resettlement or land acquisition, Hanmo Culture and Art Center, Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Folklore Village Development, and Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement, Characteristic Cultural Town Project of Suiyu Origin in Shandan Town, Wushan County, Tianshui City. Three projects namely, Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Majiayao Site Scenic Zone, Hanmo Culture and Art Center, and Lacquer Ware Skills Inheritance and Development undertook resettlement or land acquisition in recent years, and due diligence reviews have been conducted for these sites. Jiuquan Silk Road Research Center and Library, and Xuanquanzhi Site Protection and Demonstration do not involve resettlement. According to the Bank’s operational policy (OP4.12) and bank procedure (BP4.12) on involuntary resettlement, resettlement action plans (RAPs) have been prepared for the 4 subprojects involving resettlement along with 3 corresponding due diligence reports as attached hereto. This is the general RAP compiled from the subproject RAPs. See Tables 1-3 and 1-4. Table 1-3 Resettlement Impacts of the Project and Preparation of Resettlement Documents Resettlement No. Subproject Resettlement impacts document 1) Occupying 11.1 mu of collective land in Majiayao Village, Taoyang Resettlement for the Town, Lintao County, affecting 14 households with 56 persons; 2) related project has Lintao County, demolishing 6 houses of 1,712 m2, affecting 6 households with 24 begun. Due 1 Dingxi City persons; 3) relocating 3 entities, affecting 12 persons diligence report attached as Appendix 1. 1) Involving HD, affecting 6 households with 24 persons; 2) RAP has been Tongwei demolishing rural residential houses of 2,630 m2, including 450 m2 in prepared. 2 County, Dingxi masonry concrete structure, 870 m2 in masonry timber structure and City 1,380 m2 in earth timber structure. 1) LA for Songbao Village Shanty Area Reconstruction in Tongwei Resettlement for the County in the overlapping area with this subproject has been related project has completed, with 220.8 mu of cultivated land acquired (210 mu for this begun. Due Tongwei subproject), affecting 107 households with 430 persons; 2) diligence report as 3 County, Dingxi demolishing rural residential houses of 2,963.58 m2, affecting 6 Appendix 2. City households with 24 persons, including 417.75 m2 in earth timber structure, 552.88 m2 in masonry timber structure, 1,668.93 m2 in masonry concrete structure and 137.29 m2 in color steel structure Occupying 50.949 mu of collective land in Xizhi Village, Ganquan Resettlement for the Town, Maiji District permanently, affecting 22 households with 82 related project has Maiji District, persons begun. Due 4 Tianshui City diligence report attached as Appendix 3. 1) A total of 5.6 mu of collective construction land will be permanently acquired for the project construction, 1 mu of collective cultivated land will be permanently acquired, and 1.5 mu of Wushan collective wasteland will be permanently acquired, which will not RAP has been 5 County, affect the number of households and population; 2)The temporary prepared. Tianshui City occupation of collective construction land is 52.74 mu, which does not involve the number of affected households and population.; 3) non-residential house demolition 500m2, does not involve the number of affected households and population. Ganzhou 1) Involving no LA; 2) HD involving a building near the chief RAP has been 6 District, commander mansion, affecting 6 stores and one public house with prepared. 3 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Zhangye City 10 persons; 3) HD in Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village, affecting 12 households with 24 persons 1) Acquiring 64.1 mu of land, affecting 34 households with 168 RAP has been Qin’an County, persons, including 62.1 mu of collective land (19.1 mu of cultivated prepared. 7 Tianshui City land) and 2 mu of state-owned land; 2) occupying 11 mu of collective land temporarily, affecting 14 households with 42 persons 4 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation P Table 1-4 Summary of Resettlement Impacts Land use (mu) Permanently affected Demolition Demolit Demolition Demolition Temporary land of non- Both LA of non Permanent LA of LA of residential No. Subproject occupation residential and HD residen residential houses properties propert houses (m2) State- State- (m 2) Collective Collective AHs Aps AHs APs AHs APs AHs A owned owned Tongwei 1 County, Dingxi / / / / 2630 / 0 0 6 24 0 0 0 City Ganzhou 2 District, / / / / 1440 370 0 0 6 24 0 0 6 1 Zhangye City Wushan 3 County, / 8.1 / 52.74 / 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tianshui City Qin’an County, 4 2 62.1 / 11 / / 34 168 0 0 0 0 0 Tianshui City Total 2 70.2 0 63.74 4070 870 34 168 12 48 0 0 6 1 5 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 1.3 Measures to Reduce Resettlement At the planning and design stages, the design agency and the owner took the following effective measures in order to reduce the local socioeconomic impacts of the Project:  At the project planning stage, the local socioeconomic impacts of the Project were taken as a key factor for option optimization and comparison.  LA and HD were minimized through design optimization by keeping original boundary lines of roads largely unchanged.  The occupation of farmland was reduced, and wasteland and state-owned land occupied where possible through design optimization. At the RAP preparation and implementation stages, when LA and HD are unavoidable, the following measures will be taken to reduce the local impacts of the Project:  Strengthen the collection of basic information, make an in-depth analysis of the local present socioeconomic conditions and future prospect, and develop a feasible RAP based on the local practical conditions to ensure that the APs will not suffer losses due to the Project.  Encourage public participation actively and accept public supervision.  Strengthen internal and external monitoring, establish an efficient and unobstructed feedback mechanism and channel, and shorten the information processing cycle to ensure that issues arising from project implementation are solved timely. 1.4 Note on this Report According to the agreement between the Gansu Provincial Government and the Bank, the Gansu PMO and the IAs have identified resettlement impacts of the sub-projects, and prepared 4 RAPs guiding resettlement for the various counties according to OP4.12. Three due diligent reviews were prepared for activities already completed in anticipation of this project. This RAP is a summary of these RAPs, and covers LA and resettlement impacts, resettlement policies, compensation rates, IAs, resettlement budget, implementation schedule, monitoring arrangements. Two due diligent reviews were attached as appendix.. 1.5 Identification of Related Projects A related project refers to a project that is directly associated with the Project in function or benefit, namely an extended project constructed using funds other than Bank funds within the range of the Project during the preparation and implementation of the Project. At the design stage, the project owner attached great importance to the identification of related projects. According to analysis, the Project has 3 related projects. 1) Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Majiayao Site Scenic Zone A resettlement due diligence investigation has been conducted on this project in order to learn its resettlement implementation process and impacts, and protect the APs’ lawful rights and interests. Resettlement for this project has begun. See Appendix 1 for its resettlement due diligence report. 2) Songbao Village Shanty Area Reconstruction in Tongwei County This project is related to Hanmo Culture and Art Center. Resettlement for this project has begun. See another for its resettlement due diligence report. 3) Lacquer Ware Skills Inheritance and Development A resettlement due diligence investigation has been conducted on this project in order to learn its resettlement implementation process and impacts, and protect the APs’ lawful rights and interests. Resettlement for this project has begun. See another for its resettlement due diligence report. 6 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 2 Impacts of the Project 2.1 Detailed Measurement Survey According to the TORs, the PMO conducted a 100% detailed measurement survey (DMS) on LA, temporary land occupation and HD impacts together with the agencies concerned from December 2017 to March 2018; in addition, the task force conducted a socioeconomic survey on the affected villages and households, and extensive consultation with the APs. See Table 2-1. Table 2-1 DMS of the Project County / district Subproject Location Time Survey methods Organized by Hanmo Culture and Art 100% door-to-door survey Center and measurement, sampling Tongwei County, Songbao Village, 2017.12- Tongwei socioeconomic survey on Dingxi City Pingxiang Town 2018.3 PMO 100% of AHs, FGD and interview with village officials Zhangye Cultural 100% door-to-door survey Ganzhou Heritage Protection, and measurement, sampling Gucheng Village, 2017.12- Zhangye District, Inheritance and socioeconomic survey on Jiantan Town 2018.3 PMO Zhangye City Folklore Village 100% of AHs, FGD and Development interview with village officials Shandan Town, Jade 100% door-to-door survey Origin, Characteristic Shandan Village, and measurement, sampling Wushan County, 2017.12- Wushan Cultural Town Project Hedian Village, socioeconomic survey on Tianshui City 2018.8 PMO Shandan Town 51.9% of AHs, FGD and interview with village officials Dadiwan Site— 100% door-to-door survey Wohuang and Longcheng Famous and measurement, sampling Lueyang Villages, Qin’an County, Historical and Cultural 2017.12- socioeconomic survey on Longcheng Town; Qin’an PMO Tianshui City Town— Shangguan 2018.3 100% of AHs, FGD and Shaodian Village, Qing-Ming Ancient interview with village officials Wuying Town Street Improvement 2.2 Project Area Resettlement for the Project involves 8 villages in 4 townships in 4 counties / districts. See Table 2-2. Table 2-2 Summary of the Project Area No. Subproject Location Village / area Remarks Hanmo Culture and Art Center Pingxiang Songbao Demolishing residential houses, affecting 6 1 Town Village households with 24 persons Zhangye Cultural Heritage South Xilaisi Demolishing 6 stores and one public house, Protection, Inheritance and street Community affecting 10 persons 2 Folklore Village Development Jiantan Demolishing residential houses, affecting 6 Gucheng Town households with 24 persons Permanently expropriate 3.0 mu of collective construction land; Shandan Temporary occupation of 32.40 mu of collective Village construction land, no impact on the number of Characteristic Cultural Town households and number of people. Project of Suiyu Origin in Permanent acquisition of 2.6 mu of collective Shandan 3 Shandan Town, Wushan construction land; permanent acquisition of 1 mu Town County, Tianshui City of collective cultivated land; permanent Hedian acquisition of 1.5 mu of collective wasteland; Village temporary occupation of 20.34 mu of collective construction land; demolition of non-residential houses of 500 m2, all involving no affected households and number of people. Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Longcheng Wahuang Acquiring 43 mu of collective construction land, 4 Famous Historical and Town Village affecting 25 households with 124 persons Cultural Town—Shangguan Wuying Lueyang Occupying 2 mu of state-owned land (allocated) 7 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project No. Subproject Location Village / area Remarks Qing-Ming Ancient Street Town Village Improvement Acquiring 19.1 mu of collective farmland, Shaodian affecting 9 households with 44 persons; Village occupying 11 mu of collective land temporarily, affecting 14 households with 42 persons 2.3 Detailed Impacts of the Project According to the DMS, the main types of impacts of the Project are: 1) LA / occupation; 2) demolition of residential houses and attachments; 3) demolition of non-residential properties and attachments; and 4) ground attachments, etc. 2.3.1 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land 70.2 mu of collective land will be acquired permanently for the Project, including 20.1 mu of cultivated land, accounting for 28.63%; 48.6 mu of collective construction land, accounting for 69.23%;1.5 mu of Unutilized land,accounting for 2.14% ,affecting34 households with 168 persons in 4 villages in Wushan County and Qin’an County. See Table 2-3. Table 2-3 Summary of LA Impacts Permanent LA area (mu) Affected Cultivated land Collective District / county Village Housing Unuse Non- constructi Subtotal HHs Population Irrigated land d land irrigated on land Shandan 0 0 0 0 3.0 3.0 0 0 Wushan Hedian 0 1.0 0 1.5 2.6 5.1 0 0 County Subtotal 0 1.0 0 1.5 5.6 8.1 0 0 Wohuang 0 0 0 0 43 43 25 124 Qin’an County Shaodian 5.4 13.7 0 0 0 19.1 9 44 Subtotal 5.4 13.7 0 0 43 62.1 34 168 Total 5.4 14.7 0 1.5 48.6 70.2 34 168 Percent (%) 7.69 20.94 0.00 2.14 69.23 100.00 / / 2.3.2 Permanent Occupation of State-owned Land In the Project, 12,419.8 mu of state-owned land will be occupied for Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement (2 mu), Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Folklore Village Development in Ganzhou District (2 mu),Jiuquan Silk Road Research Center (100 mu), Xuanquanzhi Site Protection and Demonstration (12258.9 mu), and Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center (58.9 mu). See Table 2-4. Table 2-4 Summary of Permanently Occupied State-owned Land County Permanently occupied state-owned land (mu) Affected Affected Subproject Remarks / district Allocated Transferred Leased Total entities population Dadiwan Site— Longcheng Famous Qin’an Historical and Cultural 2 0 0 2 0 0 / County Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement Cultural Heritage Protection Inheritance Development and Zhangy Construction Project 2 0 0 2 0 0 / e City and Folk Village of Wulan Ancient Town in Ganzhou District Jiuquan Silk Road Suzhou Research Center and 100 0 0 100 0 0 / District Library 8 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Xuanquanzhi Site Dunhua Protection and 12258.9 0 0 12258.9 0 0 / ng City Demonstration Lintao Majiayao Culture 58.9 0 0 58.9 0 0 / County Exhibition Center Total 12419.8 0 0 12419.8 0 0 / 2.3.3 Temporary Land Occupation Temporary land occupation is caused by the access road of Dadiwan Site— Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement and the Shandan River Township Ancient Street Reconstruction Promotion Project. See Table 2-5. Table 2-5 Summary of Impacts of Temporary Land Occupation Temporarily occupied County / Affected Subproject land (mu) AHs Remarks district population State-owned Collective Dadiwan Site— Access road Longcheng Famous construction involves Qin’an Historical and Cultural temporary excavation 0 11 14 42 County Town—Shangguan and piling. Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement Shandan Town, Jade The construction of Origin, Characteristic water supply and Cultural Town Project, drainage networks. Wushan It is necessary to dig Shandanhe Township 0 52.74 0 0 County open roads along Ancient Street Reconstruction both sides of the Promotion Subproject ancient street. Total 0 63.74 14 42 / 2.3.4 Demolition of Residential Houses The demolition of residential houses is caused by Hanmo Culture and Art Center, Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Folklore Village Development, involving the demolition of rural residential houses of 4,070 m2, including 3,470 m 2 in masonry concrete structure, 730 m2 in masonry timber structure and 250 m2 in earth timber structure, affecting 12 households with 48 persons. See Table 2-6 and Figure 2-1. Table 2-6 Summary of Demolished Rural Residential Houses Tongwei Ganzhou Item Unit Total County District I. Residential houses 2630 1440 4070 Brick-Concrete m2 450 220 670 Brick and Wood m2 870 630 1500 Civil Structure m2 1380 590 1970 Simple Structure m2 0 0 0 II. Affected population HHs HH 6 6 12 Population Person 24 24 48 9 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Figure 2-1 Houses to be Demolished for Hanmo Culture and Art Center, and Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village 2.3.5 Demolition of Non-residential Properties The demolition of non-residential properties is caused by Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Folklore Village Development, Shandan Town for Jade Culture Exhibition. The Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development involving 6 roadside stores in the chief commander mansion and a public house, with a total area of 330 m 2.There is an abandoned primary school in the location of the Yuanyangyu Jade Culture Exhibition Experience Zone Subproject. The primary school building area is 500m 2 and the structure of the house is civil structure. The demolition Does not involve the affected households and the number of people.  Demolition of non-residential properties on state-owned land Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development properties demolished for the Project are located on state-owned land, affecting Ganzhou District Library and 6 stores, with a total area of 370 m2, all in masonry concrete structure, affecting 10 persons. See Table 2-7. Table 2-7 Summary of Affected Entities and Stores on State-owned Land HD area (m2) Affected Degree of No. District Entity Masonry Masonry Remarks population impact Simple Subtotal concrete timber Ganzhou On Floor 2 1 Ganzhou District / / 180 / / 180 Library 2 Ganzhou Stores 10 Low 150 / / 150 On Floor 1 Total 10 / 330 / / 330 /  Demolition of non-residential properties on state-owned land There is an abandoned primary school in the location of the Yuanyangyu Culture Exhibition Experience Zone Subproject. The primary school has a building area of 500m 2 and the structure of the house is civil structure. According to the director of Hedian Village, this elementary school has been abandoned for many years and is already in danger of collapse. It has already been demolished, but it has not been started due to the progress of the project and funds. The demolition of this elementary school was included in the World Bank loan project and the sub-project of the Jade Culture Exhibition Experience Zone will be built here and will be demolished. the abandoned primary school belongs to Hedian Village collectively, and does not involve the affected households and the number of people.  Affected stores A two-storied building near the chief commander mansion will be demolished, with 6 stores on Floor 1, with a total area of 150 m2, in masonry concrete structure. These stores have a total workforce of 10 persons. See Table 2-8. Table 2-8 Basic Information of Affected Stores Size Type of Main line of Annual Annual No. Entity / store Workforce Masonry business business turnover rental concrete Zhenwei Beef Hand drawn 1 Individual 4 200000 25 30000 Noodles noodles 10 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 2 Fajia Barbecue Individual Barbecue Closed down / 25 / 3 Barber’s shop Individual Service 1 20000 25 2000 Hongji Real Real estate 4 Individual Closed down / 25 / Estate Agency agency 5 Car rental Individual Service 2 250000 25 40000 Hongda Electric 6 Individual Repair 3 150000 25 22000 Bicycle Repair Total 10 620000 150 94000 Figure 2-2 Public House and Stores to be Demolished for the Zhangye Chief Commander Mansion 2.3.6 Affected Population The Project will affect 66 households with 268 persons in total, including 52 households with 226 persons affected permanently and 14 households with 42 persons affected temporarily. In the permanently affected population, 34 households with 168 persons will be affected by LA, 12 households with 48 persons by the demolition of residential houses, and 6 stores 10 persons by the demolition of non- residential properties. See Table 2-9. Table 2-9 Summary of Affected Population Permanently affected population Demolition Demolition Temporaril of Both LA of non- y affected Total No. County / district LA Total residential and HD residential population houses properties AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs Tongwei County, 1 0 0 6 24 0 0 0 0 6 24 0 0 6 24 Dingxi City Ganzhou District, 2 0 0 6 24 0 0 6 10 12 34 0 0 12 34 Zhangye City Wushan County, 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tianshui City Qin’an County, 4 34 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 168 14 42 48 210 Tianshui City Total 69 398 12 48 0 0 6 10 52 226 14 42 66 268 2.3.7 Affected Vulnerable Groups For the purpose of the Project, vulnerable groups include the disabled, lonely old people, orphans, MLS households, five-guarantee households and ethnic minorities. There is one vulnerable household in Ganzhou District, Zhangye City. See Table 2-10. Table 2-10 Summary of Affected Vulnerable Groups Location Family Gender Head of Vulnerable Family Type of No. labor HH group Town Village Group size Male Female impact force 1 ZB Disability, MLS Jiantan Gucheng 2 4 1 1 3 HD Total 4 1 1 3 11 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 2.3.8 Affected Young Crops and Ground Attachments Among the project counties (cities / districts), only Wushan County and Qin’an County, Tianshui City involve attachments, mainly including crops, telegraph poles, wells, scattered trees, etc. See Table 2-11. Table 2-11 Summary of Affected Ground Attachments County / district Type Proprietor Unit Qty. Shandan Town Hedian Village Wushan Crops mu 1 collective ownership County, Shandan Town Hedian Village Tianshui City Mixed tree / 30 collective ownership Telegraph poles Power supply bureau / 12 Wells / 4 Qin’an County, Farmers in Wohuang Village, Peach trees / 300 Tianshui City Longcheng Town and Shaodian Apple trees / 200 Village, Wuying Town Other trees / 350 12 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 3 Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area 3.1 Affected Cities / Counties 4 districts / counties will involve resettlement, namely Tongwei County in Dingxi City, Ganzhou District in Zhangye City, Wushan County, Tianshui City and Qin’an County in Tianshui City. Their socioeconomic profile is as follows: 1) Tongwei County, Dingxi City: Tongwei County is located in central Gansu and eastern Dingxi City, with a land area of 2,908.5 km 2, governing 6 towns, 12 townships, 332 villages, 10 communities and 2,440 groups, with a resident population of 405,100. The county boasts an advantaged geographic location and convenient traffic, and is located at an important node on the ancient Silk Road, connecting Lanbai and Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zones. In 2016, the county’s GDP was 3.84749 billion yuan, up 8.0% year on year, in which the added value of primary industries was 939.32 million yuan, up 4.8%; that of secondary industries 508.95 million yuan, up 9.2%; and that of tertiary industries 2.39922 billion yuan, up 9.3%; per capita GDP was 9,516 yuan. 2) Zhangye City and Ganzhou District a) Zhangye City is located in northwestern Gansu and the central Hexi Corridor, with a land area of 40,874 km2 and a population of 1.31 million, governing 6 counties. At the end of 2015, the city had a resident population of 1.2198 million, including an urban resident population of 514,600, accounting for 42.19%. The city has 38 ethnic groups, including Han, Yugur, Tibetan, Mongolian and Hui, in which Yugur is a unique ethnic minority of the city. In recent years, the city’s economy has been growing steadily through supply-side structural reform. In 2016, the city’s GDP was 39.994 billion yuan, up 10.802 billion yuan from 2012, with an average annual growth rate of 8.8%, and per capita GDP 32,729 yuan, higher than the provincial average and 8,525 yuan up from 2012, with an average annual growth rate of 8.4%. During the 12th Five-year Development plan period, the city’s poor population dropped by 117,800, and poverty incidence dropped below 2% by 11.78%, and poor farmers’ annual per capita disposable income rose from 2,300 yuan to 5,828.8 yuan at an average annual rate of 20.4%. b) Ganzhou District is located in the central Hexi Corridor, with a land area of 4,240 km 2. In 2016, the district’s GDP was 16.877 billion yuan, up 8% year on year, in which the added value of primary industries was 3.743 billion yuan, up 5.2%; that of secondary industries 3.906 billion yuan, up 7.5%; and that of tertiary industries 9.228 billion yuan, up 9.3%; per capita GDP was 32,790 yuan, up 7.7%. At the end of 2015, the district had a resident population of 515,800, with a natural growth rate of 4.94‰ and an urbanization rate of 48.84%, up 1.27% year on year; the district had an urban population of 251,900, and a registered population of 512,900, including 90,700 old people aged 60 years or above. In 2015, the district’s per capita disposable income was 22,067 yuan, up 1,830 yuan or 9%; in which that of urban residents was 20,391 yuan, up 10.1%; and that of rural residents 12,218 yuan, up 898 yuan or 7.9%. 3) Wushan County, Tianshui City. Wushan County is located in the upper reaches of the Weihe River in the northwest of Tianshui City, in the southeast of Gansu Province, in the east of Gangu, in the south by the county, Li County, west of the county, and north of the west and Tongyu counties.The terrain is high in the west, low in the east, low in the south and low in the north, and both slope toward the central river valley. The county is 57.5 kilometers wide from east to west, 59.5 kilometers long from north to south, and the total land area of the county is 2011 square kilometers. The county governs 11 towns, 4 townships, 344 village committees, 10 community neighborhood committees, and 1,602 villager groups. The total registered population of the county is 467,047, of which 426,976 are rural population. The total number of employees in the county is 236,675 and the rural labor force is 255,309. The population density is 232.2 people per square kilometer. 13 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project In 2016, the county achieved a regional GDP of 566.12 million yuan, of which the first industry was 2,196.66 millionyuan, accounting for 38.7%, the second industry was 1025.9 million yuan, accounting for 18.1%, and the tertiary industry was 2,444.6 million yuan, accounting for 43.2. %. Realized large-caliber fiscal revenue of 468.9 million yuan, an increase of 10.26%.The per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 21,369 yuan; the per capita net income of farmers was 6,740 yuan. 4) Qin’an County, Tianshui City is located in southeastern Gansu and northern Tianshui City, with a land area of 1,604.0733 km2, governing 12 towns, 5 Xiangs, 428 villages, 8 communities and 1,410 groups. The county has 157,478 households with a registered population of 591,245, including 127,059 rural households with 549,649 persons, and 367,539 rural laborers, and a resident population of 524,800. In 2016, the county’s GDP was 5.478 billion yuan, up 8.0% year on year, in which the added value of primary industries was 1.59 billion yuan, up 13.14%, total retail sales of consumer goods 3.02 billion yuan, up 9.9%; fiscal revenue 490 million yuan, up 11.16%; urban residents’ per capita disposable income 22,333.83 yuan, up 8.6%; and rural residents’ per capita net income 6,584.18 yuan, up 8.5%. See Table 3-1: Table 3-1 Socioeconomic Profile of Project Counties (Districts) ① Ganzhou Qin’an Tongwei Wushan District, County, Indicator County, County, Zhangye Tianshui Dingxi City Tianshui City City City HHs (0,000) 8.75 11.867 / / Population (0,000) 40.51 51.2928 46.7 59.12 Population Rural population (0,000) 31.69 31.021 42.7 54.96 Rural labor force (0,000) 13.96 / 25.23 36.75 Land Land area (km2) 2908.5 3660.98 2011 1604.07 GDP (Billion) 38.4749 168.77 56.61 54.78 Primary Output value 9.3932 37.43 21.91 15.9 industries (Billion ) Secondary Output value Output 5.0895 39.06 10.26 12.06 industries (Billion) value Tertiary Output value 23.9922 92.28 24.45 26.85 industries (Billion) per capita GDP (yuan) 9516 32903.25 12122 10445 Per capita GDP (yuan) 3575 14912.42 6887 10051 Cultivated area (0,000 mu) 189.53 95.35 63.52 104.81 Per capita agricultural output 2319 7297.32 8502 2893 Agriculture value (yuan) Per capita cultivated area of 5.98 3.07 1.5 1.9 agricultural population (mu) Per capita disposable income 19691 22067 21369 22333.83 of urban residents (yuan) Income Per capita net income of 5696 12218 6740 6584.18 urban residents (yuan) 3.2 Affected Townships 5 towns and one street will involve resettlement, namely Pingxiang Town in Tongwei County, Jiantan Town and South Street in Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Shandan Town, Wushan County, and Longcheng and Wuying Towns in Qin’an County. See Table 3-2. ① Source: 2017 Statistical Yearbook of Tongwei County, 2016 Statistical Yearbook of Ganzhou District, 2017 Statistical Yearbook of Wushan County, and 2016 Statistical Yearbook of Qin’an County 14 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Table 3-2 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Townships Per capita Agricultural Industrial Population Land area net income Town Village output value output value (0,000) (km2) of farmers (0,000 yuan) (0,000 yuan) (yuan) Pingxiang 27 3.7189 10.8 8623 4672 2216 Jiantan 15 2.281 103 16645.19 17370.05 12562 Shandan 22 27876 117.13 6721 5500 4680 Longcheng 22 32221 75.32 13471.65 13781 6537 Wuying 21 23128 60.83 13559.47 13090 6541 3.3 Affected Villages 7 villages and one community will involve resettlement, namely Songbao Village in Pingxiang Town, Tongwei County, Gucheng Village in Jiantan Town, Xilaisi community in South street Zhangye City, Shandan Village, Hedian Village in Shandan town, Wushan County, Wohuang and Lueyang Villages in Longcheng Town, and Shaodian Village, Wuying Town, Qin’an County. See Table 3-3: Table 3-3 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Villages Land Rural laborers Agricultural Per capita net Popul Town Village area HHs output value income of ation Total Female (km2) (0,000 yuan) farmers (yuan) Pingxiang Songbao 0.4 427 1636 1490 584 379 2216 Jiantan Gucheng 0.8 432 1753 1063 512 1279.22 15380 Shandan 0.65 4.81 1917 1000 520 260 6399 Shandan Hedian 0.5 502 1919 1100 480 280 6480 Longcheng Wohuang 0.75 134 658 235 120 1037.98 6537 Longcheng Lueyang 0.9 133 590 210 105 1068.42 6636 Wuying Shaodian 0.98 126 599 195 95 1040.34 6541 Since the project villages are located beside towns, and enjoy convenient traffic, their nonagricultural economy is developed, and residents’ living standard is generally higher than the local average. 3.4 Sampling Survey on AHs In order to learn the basic information of the APs, the task force conducted a sampling survey on 34 households affected by LA in Qin’an County, Tianshui City, with a sampling rate of 100%; 6 households affected by HD in Tongwei County, Dingxi City, with a sampling rate of 100%; and 6 households affected by HD in Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, with a sampling rate of 100%. 3.4.1 Households Affected by LA 1) Basic information The 34 sample households have168 persons in total, including 93 males and 75 females, accounting for53.2% and 46.8% respectively. See Table 3-4. Table 3-4 Gender Structure of Sample Households (%) Gender Qin’an County, Tianshui City Sample population Male 93 53.2% 93 53.2% Female 75 46.8% 75 46.8% Total 168 100% 168 100% a) Age structure: Among the34 samples, those aged 0-5 years account for 10.12%, those aged 6-16 years for 28.38%, those aged 17-60 years for 52.98%, and those aged 61 years or above for 9.52%. It can be seen that the overall age structure is rational, and the dependency ratio is low. See Table 3-5Error! Reference source not found.. Table 3-5 Age Structure of Sample Households (%) 15 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Sample Age Qin’an County, Tianshui City population 0-5 10.12% 10.12% 6-16 28.38% 28.38% 17-60 52.98% 52.98% ≥61 9.52% 9.52% b) Education: Among the 34 samples, 7.14% are illiterate; 14.88% are preschool children or have received primary school education, 45.83% have received junior high school education, 18.45% have received senior high or technical secondary school education, and 13.69% have received junior college or above education. See Table 3-6. Table 3-6 Educational Level Structure of Sample Households (%) Preschool or Junior high Senior high school / Junior college County / district Illiterate primary school school secondary technical school or above Qin’an County, 7.14% 14.88% 45.83% 18.45% 13.69% Tianshui City Sample population 7.14% 14.88% 45.83% 18.45% 13.69% 2) Land resources The 34 sample households have a per capita cultivated area of 1.90 mu in Qin’an County, Tianshui City. Among the cultivated land collected, Qin'an County of Tianshui City has both irrigated land and dry land. Table 3-7 Per Capita Cultivated Area of Sample Households (mu) Sample Item Qin’an County, Tianshui City population Cultivated land 1.90 1.90 1) Irrigated 0.57 0.57 2) Non-irrigated 1.33 1.33 3) Ethnic minorities All the 34 samples are Han people. 4) Income and expenditure Per capita income: The 34 sample households have per capita annual income of 23858 yuan, per capita annual expenditure of 13413 yuan, and per capita annual net income of 10445 yuan. See Table 3-8. Table 3-8 Per Capita Annual Income and Expenditure of Sample Households (yuan per capita) Per capita annual Per capita annual Per capita Item income expenditure net income Qin’an County, 23858 13413 10445 Tianshui City Sample population 23858 13413 10445 Income composition:① Among the 34 sample households, agricultural income is 5380 yuan, accounting for 22.55%; employment income10478 yuan, accounting for43.92%; and other income 3946 yuan, accounting for 16.54%. See Table 3-9. Table 3-9 Main Income Sources of Sample Households (yuan per capita) Agricultural Employment Other Item Percent Percent Percent income income income Qin’an County, 5380 22.55% 10478 43.92% 3946 16.54% Tianshui City Sample population 5380 22.55% 10478 43.92% 3946 16.54% ① For reporting consistency, representative agricultural, employment and other income is listed only. 16 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Expenditure: Among the 34 sample households, per capita productive expenditure is 2764 yuan, accounting for 20.16%; and per capita nonproductive expenditure 10649 yuan, accounting for 79.39%. See Table 3-10. Table 3-10 Composition of Per Capita Annual Expenditure of Sample Households (yuan per capita) Productive Nonproductive Item Percent Percent expenditure expenditure Qin’an County, Tianshui City 2764 20.61% 10649 79.39% Sample population 2764 20.16% 10649 79.39% It can be seen that employment is a main income source, accounting for 43.92%, while agriculture accounts for 22.55% only, showing that the sample households rely on land on a low level. In addition, local residents have large per capita cultivated areas, so LA for the Project will have little impact on their income. 3.4.2 Households Affected by HD 1) Basic information The 12 sample households have 48 persons in total, including 24 males and females each, accounting for 50% respectively. ① Age structure: Among the 48 samples, those aged 0-5 years account for 4.17%, those aged 6-16 years for 14.58%, those aged 17-60 years for 66.67%, and those aged 61 years or above for 14.58%. See Table 3-11Error! Reference source not found.. Table 3-11 Age Structure of Sample Households (%) Tongwei County, Ganzhou District, Sample Age Dingxi City Zhangye City population 0-5 4.17% 4.17% 4.17% 6-16 16.66% 12.50% 14.58% 17-60 75.00% 58.33% 66.67% ≥60 4.17% 25.00% 14.58% ② Education: Among the 48 samples, 6.25% are illiterate; 33.33% are preschool children or have received primary school education, 31.25% have received junior high school education, and 16.67% have received senior high or technical secondary school education. See Table 3-12. Table 3-12 Educational Level Structure of Sample Households (%) Tongwei County, Ganzhou District, Sample Item Dingxi City Zhangye City population Illiterate 4.17% 8.33% 6.25% Preschool or primary school 25.00% 41.67% 33.33% Junior high school 50.00% 12.50% 31.25% Senior high school / 16.66% 16.67% 16.67% secondary technical school Junior college or above 4.17% 20.83% 12.50% ③ Ethnic minorities: All the 48 samples are Han people. 2) Residential conditions The 12 sample households have an average house size of 392.25 m 2 per household, and the average age of their houses is 22.5 years. See Table 3-13. Table 3-13 Housing Conditions of Sample Households Rural residents Item Average house size per Average age household (m2) (year) Tongwei County, Dingxi City 438.33 20 Ganzhou District, Zhangye City 240.00 25 Sample population 392.25 22.5 17 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project It can be seen that the houses of the sample households were mostly built in the 1980s-90s, and feature poor structure, aged decoration and unsound infrastructure. Therefore, construction and demolition activities under the Project will be an opportunity for them to improve housing conditions. 18 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 4 Legal Framework and Policy Objectives In order to promote the resettlement work of the Project and protect the lawful rights of the affected persons and entities, the resettlement policies of the Project have been developed in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of the PRC, Gansu Province, project cities / counties / districts, and the Bank policy OP4.12. The resettlement work of the Project will be conducted in strict conformity with these policies, and any change should be approved by the Bank. 4.1 Objectives of Resettlement The resettlement objectives of the Project are: 1) Take engineering, technical and economic measures to minimize resettlement impacts, including:  Conduct a socioeconomic survey and prepare an RAP at the preparation stage;  Conduct resettlement based on the DMS results and the compensation rates to improve or at least restore the APs’ living standard;  Advocate development-oriented resettlement to promote employment based on local secondary and tertiary industries;  Establish a sound basic living security system for land-expropriated farmers. 2) Encourage the APs to participate in resettlement planning and implementation. 4.2 Policy Framework Table 4-1 Resettlement Policy Framework Level Policy Effective date Land Administration Law of the PRC 2004-8-28 Regulations on the Implementation of the Land Administration Law of the PRC 1998-12-27 (Decree No.256 of the State Council) Decision of the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Rigidly Enforcing 2004-10-21 Land Administration (SC [2004] No.28) Guidelines on Improving Compensation and Resettlement Systems for Land 2004-11-3 Acquisition (MLR [2004] No.238) Notice of the State Council on Strengthening Land Adjustment and Control (SC 2006-8-31 [2006] No.31) State Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding the Guidelines of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security on Doing a Good Job in the Employment 2006-4-10 Training and Social Security of Land-expropriated Farmers (SCO [2006] No.29) Measures on Public Announcement of Land Acquisition (Decree No.10 of the 2002-1-1 Ministry of Land and Resources) Notice of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Doing a Better Job in LA 2010-6-26 Management (MLR [2010] No.96) Regulations on the Expropriation of Houses on State-owned Land and 2011-1-21 Compensation Therefor (Decree No.590 of the State Council) Measures of Gansu Province for the Implementation of the Land Administration 2002-3-30 Law of the PRC Opinions of the Gansu Provincial Government on the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Improving the Ecological Protection Compensation 2017-7-28 Mechanism (GPGO [2017] No.127) Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Gansu Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPGO [2017] 2017-2-19 Province No.17) Some Provisions of Gansu Province on the Implementation of the Regulations on the Expropriation of Houses on State-owned Land and Compensation Therefor 2012-1-1 (Decree No.86 of the Gansu Provincial Government) Measures of Gansu Province for the Implementation of Farmland Occupation Tax 2008-12-3 (Decree No.51 of the Gansu Provincial Government) 19 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Implementation Plan for the Wetland Conservation and Rehabilitation System of 2017-12-27 Gansu Province (GPGO [2017] No.202) Guidelines of Dingxi City on Cash Compensation for Shanty Area Reconstruction 2015-8-4 (GJB [2015] No.279) Dingxi Guidelines on Establishing A Reserve System for Endowment Insurance for 2014-8-28 City Land-expropriated Farmers (DMGO [2014] No.101) Measures of Dingxi City for the Implementation of Endowment Insurance for 2012-5-17 Land-expropriated Farmers (DMGO [2012] No.183) Implementation Plan for Compensation and Resettlement for Land and House Acquisition for Songbao Village Shanty Area Reconstruction in Tongwei County 2017-5-26 (TCG [2017] No.120) Tongwei Poverty Reduction Plan Based on Labor Training in Tongwei County in 2016 County 2016-4-19 (TCGO [2016] No.59) Poverty Reduction Plan Based on Labor Training and Output in Tongwei County in 2017-3-27 2017 (TCGO [2017] No.47) Zhangye Implementation Rules for Endowment Insurance for Land-expropriated Farmers of 2010-3-25 City Zhangye City (Interim) (ZMG [2010] No.28) Notice of the Wushan County People's Government on the Compensation Standard for Young Crops in the Wushan Transit Section of the Lancheng Oil 2011-9-10 Pipeline (Wu Zhengfa [2011] No. 117) Notice of the Wushan County People's Government on the compensation plan for the attachment of land acquisition and demolition (historical legacy) in the planned 2018-7-7 Wushan area of the county town (Wu Zhengfa [2018] No. 65) County Notice of the Wushan County People's Government on the Disbursement of Land Use Compensation Fund for the Wushan Transit Section of the Lancheng Oil 2011-12-27 Pipeline (Wu Zhengfa [2011] No. 118) Implementation Plan for House Expropriation and Compensation for the Renovation Project of the Slope Household in Jiapo Village, Chengguan Town, / Wushan County (Draft for Comment) Compensation Rates for Land Acquisition and Ground Attachments for the 2017-1-20 Tianping Expressway (Qin’an Segment) (QCGO [2017] No.7) Qin’an Implementation Plan for Endowment Insurance for Land-expropriated Farmers of 2016-12-5 County Qin’an County (QCGO [2016] No.90) Notice of the Qin’an County Land and Resources Bureau on Compensation Rates 2013-2-17 for Temporary Land Use for the Baolan Passenger Railway (QGTZF [2013] No.10) World Operational Policy OP4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement and appendixes 2002-1-1 Bank Bank Procedure BP4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement and appendixes 2002-1-1 4.3 Key Principles According to the above resettlement policy framework, assets of those adversely affected① will be compensated for at replacement cost②, and assisted in restoring or exceeding their former living standard. The key principles for resettlement are as follows:  Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible, or minimized, exploring all viable alternative project designs. ① “Affected persons” mean persons affected in the following ways: 1) their livelihoods adversely affected; 2) their houses, land or other fixed or non-fixed assets are adversely affected, including temporary or permanent land occupation; 3) their productive resources are adversely affected; 4) their occupations or working or living areas are adversely affected. ② “Replacement cost” is defined as follows: For farmland, it means the market value of land with the same production potential or use as the affected land, plus land restoration and registration fees, and transaction tax; for urban land, it means the market value of land of the same size and use before demolition, plus registration fees and transaction tax, where public infrastructure and services should be equivalent to those in surrounding areas or better; for houses or other structures, it means construction material costs of a building of the same size and quality, or market costs of materials for building renovation, plus transport, contract execution and labor costs, registration fees and transaction tax, regardless of asset depreciation, value of residual items, and any appreciation of assets. In some areas, extra measures should be taken to realize full replacement under Part 6 and other provisions of OP4.12. 20 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project  The APs should be assisted in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and standards of living or at least to restore them, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher.  The APs should be meaningfully consulted and should have opportunities to participate in planning and implementing resettlement programs.  All affected properties should be compensated for at full replacement cost.  The APs should receive full compensation or a resettlement site and subsidy before LA or HD.  The borrower should raise resettlement funds, including contingencies.  The cut-off date for the eligibility for compensation is date of LA and/or announcement. Any newly claimed land, newly built house or settlement in the project area by the APs after this date will not be entitled to compensation or subsidization. Any building constructed, or tree planted purely for extra compensation will not be counted in.  Houses should be compensated for at appraised price; if such appraised price is lower than the rate specified in the RAP, the latter should prevail. 4.4 Summary of Resettlement Policies of the Project 4.4.1 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land The resettlement principles, compensation rates, procedure and supervision mechanism for LA are based mainly on the Land Administration Law of the PRC, Regulations on the Implementation of the Land Administration Law of the PRC, Regulations on the Expropriation of Houses on State-owned Land and Compensation Therefor, Measures of Gansu Province for the Implementation of the Land Administration Law of the PRC, Decision of the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Rigidly Enforcing Land Administration (SC [2004] No.28), Opinions of the Gansu Provincial Government on the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Improving the Ecological Protection Compensation Mechanism (GPGO [2017] No.127), Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPGO [2017] No.17), Some Provisions of Gansu Province on the Implementation of Regulations on the Expropriation of Houses on State-owned Land and Compensation Therefor (Decree No.86 of the Gansu Provincial Government), Implementation Plan for the Wetland Conservation and Rehabilitation System of Gansu Province (GPGO [2017] No.202), and applicable local policies. Different subprojects have different LA compensation policies: 1) Shandan Town, Yuanyangyu Jade Cultural Town Project  Acquired land will be compensated for based on the original use, and young crops attached thereto pursuant to the Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPG [2017] No.17) (see Appendix 3).  LA compensation fees will be paid directly to the AHs, and the AHs may attend labor employment training offered by the municipal civil affair bureau or cover endowment insurance for LEFs if eligible.  Compensation for young crops and ground attachments will be paid by the township government to appropriators at actual value at a time.  LA compensation attributable to the collective will be used for collective infrastructure construction, production development and public welfare in principle under a program discussed and adopted by over 2/3 of participants at a village congress. According to the resettlement related policies and immigration intentions of Shandan Town, Wushan County. The main resettlement mode of this subproject is cash compensation.  Land compensation and resettlement subsidy will be fully paid the APs, who may continue with their current occupations, or develop individual operations.  The government will establish a sound labor service system to provide assistance to the APs, such as employment and skills training.  All affected laborers will be resettled properly. 2) Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement  Acquired land will be compensated for based on the original use, and young crops 21 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project attached thereto pursuant to the Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPG [2017] No.17), and Compensation Rates for Land Acquisition and Ground Attachments for the Tianping Expressway (Qin’an Segment) (QCGO [2017] No.7).  LA compensation fees will be paid directly to the AHs, and the AHs may attend labor employment training offered by the municipal civil affair bureau, or cover endowment insurance for LEFs if eligible.  Compensation for young crops and ground attachments will be paid by the township government to appropriators at actual value at a time.  LA compensation attributable to the collective will be used for collective infrastructure construction, production development and public welfare in principle under a program discussed and adopted by over 2/3 of participants at a village congress. The main resettlement mode of this subproject is cash compensation.  Land compensation and resettlement subsidy will be fully paid the APs, who may continue with their current occupations, or develop individual operations.  The government will establish a sound labor service system to provide assistance to the APs, such as employment and skills training.  All affected labors will be resettled properly. 4.4.2 Permanent Occupation of State-owned Land In Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement, and Xuanquanzhi Site Protection and Demonstration, all state-owned land occupied is allocated without compensation. 4.4.3 Temporary Land Occupation In Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement and Wushan County Subproject, for temporary land occupation arising from the Project, the land user should enter into a temporary land use contract with the rural collective economic organization, and use compensation according to the contract. Compensation for temporary land occupation includes compensation for ground attachments and young crops, and land reclamation fees. The compensation for ground attachments and young crops during occupation and land restoration will be paid to proprietors; land reclamation fees will be used for land reclamation and field facility construction, as detailed below:  The temporarily occupied land should be compensated for the actual period of occupation at AAOV in principle, where non-cultivated land or woodland should be compensated for as cultivated land.  The user of the temporarily occupied land should use the land for the purpose specified in the contract, and should not construct any permanent building thereon;  In order to minimize LA impacts on cultivation income, construction should be conducted after harvest or before sowing, and the AHs notified in advance; and  Upon expiry of the occupation period, the land user should return the land and restore it to the original condition. 4.4.4 Demolition of Residential Houses 1) Hanmo Culture and Art Center All residential houses on collective land involved in the Project will be compensated for in accordance with the Implementation Plan for Compensation and Resettlement for Land and House Acquisition for Songbao Village Shanty Area Reconstruction in Tongwei County (TCG [2017] No.120). In addition to HD compensation, the AHs will also receive the following compensation and subsidies:  Compensation for house decoration and attachment: based on appraisal 22 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project  Moving subsidy: 3,000 yuan per household, 3,900 yuan for any household with a disabled member  Transition subsidy: 20,000 yuan per household, 26,000 yuan for any household with a disabled member  Moving reward: 30,000 yuan, paid at a time to any AH that enters into an HD compensation agreement and is relocated within one month from the date of disclosure of the resettlement program 2) Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Folklore Village Development  Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development does not involve the demolition of rural residential houses, but involves the demolition of 6 stores and one public house.  Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village involves the demolition of 6 rural residential houses, which will be compensated for pursuant to the Compensation Rates for Land Acquisition and Ground Attachments for the Tianping Expressway (Qin’an Segment) (QCGO [2017] No.7) (see Appendix 4). 4.4.5 Demolition of Non-residential Properties Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development involves the demolition of 6 stores and one public house, which will be compensated for in cash, including property compensation, moving subsidy, compensation for losses from production or business suspension, etc. The non-residential properties demolished for the Project will be appraised by a qualified real estate appraisal agency based on prevailing benchmark prices disclosed by the government, and by reference to location, structure, building area, floor, decoration, etc. There is an abandoned primary school in the location of the Jade Culture Exhibition Experience Zone Subproject. The primary school has a building area of 500m 2 and the structure of the house is civil structure. According to the director of Hedian Village, the primary school has been abandoned for many years without being used. It is now a dangerous building. It was originally planned to be demolished. However, due to the progress of the project and lack of funds, it has not started. After the demolition of the primary school, it will be included in the construction of the World Bank loan project, the Jade Culture Exhibition Experience Zone, to bring its value. The non-residential properties demolished for the Project will be appraised by a qualified real estate appraisal agency based on prevailing benchmark prices disclosed by the government, and by reference to location, structure, building area, floor, decoration, etc. 4.4.6 Ground Attachments The ground attachments and special facilities affected by the Project will be reconstructed to the original function, size and standard as required, and the amount of compensation agreed on with the proprietor of any special facility shall be paid or included in the construction budget of the Project. Some public facilities (e.g., electric wire poles and telegraph poles) will be relocated and restored by their proprietors (legal persons) under the coordination of the district government. Proprietors of ground attachments will be compensated directly at replacement cost. 4.4.7 Vulnerable Groups The supporting policies of the Project for vulnerable groups are as follows: 1) Ganzhou District, Zhangye City: Vulnerable groups in this subproject are the disabled and MLS households. The supporting policies are as follows: ①MLS policy for rural residents: According to the Implementation Opinions for Minimum Living Security for Rural Residents of Zhangye City, for subjects with per capita annual income of less than 600 yuan, an MLS benefit of 120 yuan per capita per annum is paid from provincial finance, and the balance from county / district finance. 23 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project ②Urban and rural medical assistance policy: According to the Interim Measures for Medical Assistance for Urban and Rural Residents of Zhangye City, subjects of assistance will be: 1) supported destitute residents; 2) urban residents receiving the full urban MLS benefit, and Type 1 subjects of rural MLS; 3) subjects of urban MLS other than those receiving the full urban MLS benefit, and subjects of rural MLS other than Type 1; 4) old people, underage people, seriously disabled people and seriously ill people in low income households; 5) households impoverished due to medical expenses; and 6) subjects other than subjects of the above 5 types. Medical assistance includes inpatient assistance mainly, supplemented with outpatient assistance, insurance assistance and other special assistance to solve medical care problems for subjects. Households still with living difficulties due to high medical expenses after inpatient and outpatient assistance may apply for temporary assistance. 4.5 Gap Analysis between Local Legislations and World Bank OP4.12 and Mitigation Measures when There is a Gap There is overall high resemblance between World Bank OP4.12 and local legislations concerning land acquisition and resettlement, which could be summarized below:  To avoid where possible or reduce resettlement;  To restore as soon as possible livelihoods level of affected persons;  Adopt transparent resettlement policies;  To emphasize informed participation by affected stakeholders;  Compensation standards should be in accordance to relevant laws and legislation. However, there are a few gaps between China’s local legislations and World Bank OP4.12, described below. Land compensation Gap: World Bank policy requires that compensation should offset any loss and restore long term income potential. Local legislation on compensation is based on local average annual income from land, and may not be relevant to the cost of restoration. Mitigation Measure: Replacement land has become impractical, and most affected people prefer cash compensation. Given that there no guarantee cash compensation could be used properly, it has been planned that cash compensation paid to the village committee, who will purchase pension insurance for land-loss-farmers to guarantee longer term livelihoods. At the same time, local government will provide further input to assist severely affected households. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Gap: World Bank policy requires that affected persons should be fully informed and consulted with as early as possible. China’s practice has improved from the previously notification, but still there is lack of participation, and information disclosure is often too short. Mitigation: Public consultation starts early during social assessment. Gansu PMO agreed to adopt World Bank policy, and made all safeguards documents assessible to interested people. Legal Entitlement Gap: World Bank policy requires that all structures/land affected should be compensated, whereas China’s local practice requires that only people with local resident permit have legal entitlement to land, and affected people should have legal certificate to their structures in order to have entitlement for compensation. Mitigation: Gansu PMO agreed to adopt World Bank policy and accept all affected land or structure as having equal entitlement. 24 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 25 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 5 Compensation Rates The compensation rates for different impacts of the Project have been fixed according to the above legal framework, and based on the practical situation of the project area. 5.1 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land According to the Land Administration Law of the PRC, Guidelines on Improving Compensation and Resettlement Systems for Land Acquisition, Measures of Gansu Province for the Implementation of the Land Administration Law of the PRC, Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPG [2017] No.17), and other applicable regulations and policies, based on the practical situation of the project area, and in consultation with the APs, the compensation rates for LA fixed for the Project are based on location-based composite land prices. See Table 5-1. Table 5-1 LA Compensation Rates of Project Counties LA compensation County / district Remarks rate (yuan/mu) Qin’an County, Rate of Tier-2 areas in Qin’an County, namely that of 37439 Tianshui City Wuying and Longcheng Towns This fee was corrected from the Zone price of the cultivated land (Sewed land) in Shandan Village, Shandan Town. and was compensated according to Shandan Village, 18693 the price of 0.5 times of the cultivated land (Sewed Wushan County land) of Shandan Village in Shandan Town, as the compensation standard for collective construction land. This fee was corrected from the Zone price of cultivated land (Sewed land) in Hedian Village of Shandan Town. The compensation was based on 0.5 26670 times of the price of cultivated land (Sewed land) in Hedian Village of Shandan Town, as compensation standard for collective construction land. Hedian Village, This fee is the price of the second-class district of Wushan County Wushan County, which is the price of Hedian Village 36800 in Shandan Town. This fee is the Zone price of cultivated land (dry land). This fee is compensated 2 times according to unified annual output value of cultivated land (Sewed land) in 5334 Hedian Village, Shandan Town, which is the compensation standard for unused land. Compared to the Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPG [2017] No.17), the LA compensation rates of the Project are consistent with uniform AAOV rates of Gansu Province, with no difference. See Table 5-2. Table 5-2 Comparison between LA Compensation Rates of the Project and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province Uniform Uniform AAOV Compensation rate Difference No. County / district AAOV rate (yuan/mu) of the Project (yuan/mu) (C-B) (yuan/mu) (A) (B) (yuan/mu) (C) Qin’an County, 1 1291 37439 37439 0 Tianshui City Shandan Village, 2 2077 18693 18693 0 Wushan County 2667 26670 26670 0 Hedian Village, 3 2667 36800 36800 0 Wushan County 2667 5344 5344 0 26 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 5.2 Permanent Occupation of State-owned Land 12,419.80 mu of state-owned land will be occupied for Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement (2 mu), Jiuquan Silk Road Research Center (100 mu), Xuanquanzhi Site Protection and Demonstration (12,258.9 mu), and Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center (58.9 mu). All of them are state-owned allocated land, recovered without compensation, and do not involve compensation. In the construction of the Wulan ancient town project in Ganzhou District of Zhangye City, the expansion of the G30 road involves the permanent occupation of 2 mu of Beach land in the Jiantan town. At present, the Beach land is planted with corn and other crops. According to the Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPG [2017] No.17). The compensation for young crops is 2 times the average annual output value of the three years prior to the expropriation. 5.3 Temporary Land Occupation 11 mu of collective land will be occupied temporarily for temporary excavation and piling in access road construction for Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement, affecting 14 households with 42 persons in Shaodian Village, Wuying Town. The compensation rate for temporary land occupation is based on the Notice of the Qin’an County Land and Resources Bureau on Compensation Rates for Temporary Land Use for the Baolan Passenger Railway (QGTZF [2013] No.10). The temporarily occupied land will be restored to the original condition by the contractor, and young crop compensation fees paid at 65% of the uniform AAOV. See Table 5-3. Table 5-3 Compensation Rates for Temporary Land Occupation Subproject Compensation rate (yuan/mu) Remarks Qin’an County, Tianshui City 839 2 years The temporary land occupation of the project is also caused by the renovation project of the ancient street in Shandanhe Township, mainly for the laying of water supply networks and drainage networks. During the period, it is necessary to bury the road along both sides of the ancient street road, which will lead to the occupation of certain land during the construction period. The scope of influence is Hedian Village and Shandan Village in Shandan Town, occupying temporarily of 52.74 mu of collective construction land. Construction of networks may have an impact on the roads in front of the ancient street residents. However, after the pipelines are completed, the roads will be restored to their original appearance, so the population will not be affected, and no compensation will be involved. The compensation standard for temporary land occupation in Wushan County refers to the Wushan County People's Government for the compensation standard for temporary land use in the Wushan transit section of Lancheng Oil Pipeline and the compensation standard for young crops (Wu Zhengfa (2011) No. 118). According to the staff of the Wushan County Land and Resources Bureau and the township government of the project-affected area. This temporary occupation of the project affects collective construction land, during the period, it is necessary to bury the road along both sides of the ancient street road. The laying of pipelines may have an impact on the roads in front of the ancient street residents. However, after the pipeline is laid, the roads will be restored by the project construction unit, so the population will not be affected, and no compensation will be involved. The compensation standards for temporary land use and compensation standards for young crops in the Wushan transit section. See Table 5-4. Table 5-4 Temporary Land Occupation and Young Crop Compensation Standard for Lancheng Oil Pipeline 27 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Land type Standard (yuan/mu) Young crop name Standard (yuan/mu) Sewed land 5000 Wheat and other crops 750 Multiple cropping of food River dry land 3500 1000 crops Mountain dry land 2500 grain crop with film 1000 Set of dishes of food 1400 crops Open-air vegetables 8000 Greenhouse vegetables 13000 Medicinal herbs with film 4000 5.4 Demolition of Residential Houses Rural residential houses of 4,070 m2 on collective land in Tongwei County, Dingxi City and Ganzhou District, Zhangye City will be demolished, affecting 12 households with 48 persons. According to the above regulations and policies and based on the practical situation of the project area, the compensation rates for demolished rural residential houses are based on full replacement cost. See Table 5-5. Table 5-5 Compensation Rates for Demolished Rural Residential Houses (yuan/unit) Masonry Masonry Earth Moving Transition County / district Simple Moving reward concrete timber timber subsidy subsidy Tongwei County 2800/m2 2680/m2 1500/m2 500/m2 3000 per HH 20000 per HH 30000 per HH Ganzhou District 1400/m2 1300/m2 1000/m2 300/m2 3000 per HH / / 5.5 Demolition of Non-residential Properties Non-residential properties of 3,70 m 2 (6 stores and one public house) on state-owned land will be demolished for Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development, affecting 10 persons. The compensation rates for demolished non-residential properties will be 130% of those for residential houses. See Table 5-6. Table 5-6 Compensation Rates for Demolished Non-residential Properties on State-owned Land (yuan/m2) County / Masonry Masonry Simple Remarks district concrete timber Ganzhou The compensation rates include compensation for 12000 10000 8000 District losses from production or business suspension. The non-residential demolition of this project was also caused by the sub-project of the Jade Culture Exhibition Experience Zone. The demolition area of non-residential houses totals 500m 2, and the structure of the house is civil structure. According to the director of Hedian Village, this elementary school has been abandoned for many years and is already in danger. It has already been demolished, but it has not been started due to the progress of the project and funds. The demolition of this elementary school was included in the World Bank loan project. The sub-project of the Jade Culture Exhibition Experience Zone will be built here and this school will be demolished. The compensation standard for the demolition of non-residential houses in this project will refer to the Wushan County People's Government's notice on the land compensation plan for land acquisition and demolition (historical legacy) in the planned area of the county town (Wu Zhengfa [2018] No. 65). See Table 5-7. Table 5-7 Compensation Standard for Demolition of Non-residential Buildings 28 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Impact structure Compensatio unit Remarks category type n standard The price setting standard is: part of the brick wall, the height is between Brick and 3 meters and 4 meters, the building school Yuan/㎡ 1200 wood has a service life of 10 years and above, and the doors and windows are complete. 5.6 Ground Attachments Only the Qin’an County subproject and Wushan County subproject affect ground attachments. The affected ground attachments will be compensated for at replacement cost. See Table 5-8. Table 5-8 Compensation Rates for Ground Attachments County / district Item Unit Rate (yuan) Telegraph poles / 80 Wells / 3000 Qin’an County Peach trees / 850 Apple trees / 570 Other trees / 210 Wushan Corn crop mu 1 County Mixed trees / 30 5.7 5.7 Additional Tax/Cost to be Paid for Compensation Reserve While compensate rates described above largely reflected local replacement cost, and farmers who lost their land receive compensation as well as pension scheme, there are additional cost to land acquisition, including land conversion tax and contribution to social security. These additional cost to land use entities will be used to serve as reserves to pay for pension to land loss households. Compensation paid to house demolition reflects market rate, and affected persons are able to purchase equivalent housing in local market. 29 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Production and Livelihood Restoration Programs The objective of resettlement of the Project is to develop an action plan for restoration and restoration for those affected by the Project so that they benefit from the Project, and their living standard is improved or at least restored to the pre-project level. 6 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land 6.1.1 LA Impact Analysis 70.2 mu of collective land will be acquired permanently for the Project, including 20.1 mu of cultivated land, 48.6 mu of collective construction land, 1.5 mu of unused land. Among them, Shandan Town’s characteristic cultural town project in the original production area of Jade origin requires a total of 8.1 mu of land to be permanently acquired; of which 2.6 mu of collective construction land is permanently acquired, which is collectively owned by Hedian Village and does not involve households; 1 mu of cultivated land is permanently acquired. The village collectively owns, as the village's self-retained land, it is not contracted to the household; 1.5 acres of wasteland is permanently acquired, and it is collectively owned by Hedian Village, and it is not contracted to the household; 3.0 mu of land is permanently levied, which is the collective construction land of Shandan Village, not involving households. According to the analysis of the impact of permanent land acquisition in Wushan County Subproject, the village committee of Shandan Town of Wushan County discussed the resettlement plan in the form of a symposium with each village affected by land acquisition and house demolition. According to the current policies of Wushan County and the actual situation of the affected areas of the project, the overall resettlement plan is determined, that is, direct monetary compensation is adopted, and the compensation amount is directly paid to the affected village collective. Referring to the existing land acquisition plan and land acquisition experience in the affected area of the project, combined with the willingness to survey the affected villages on the compensation for land acquisition and the decision of the villagers' congress, the project will cover the land compensation fee, the young crop fee and the appetite compensation. The village collective is issued, and the compensation expenses are used to carry out other agricultural or non-agricultural income-generating activities in the village. 19.1 mu of collective cultivated land in Shaodian Village, Wuying Town will be acquired for Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement, affecting 9 households with 44 persons; 43 mu of collective construction land in Wohuang Village, Longcheng Town will be acquired, affecting 25 households with 124 persons. The land and income loss rates of the AHs in Wohuang Village, Longcheng Town and Shaodian Village, Wuying Town are below 5%. In order to identify how their livelihoods are affected, and develop resettlement programs, LA impacts are analyzed as follows: 1) Analysis of lost land resources: A comparative analysis of cultivated land before and after LA of the affected village groups has been made according to the socioeconomic survey. See Table 6-1. Among the 9 households affected by LA, the land loss rate of all affected land acquisition households is below 10%. See Table 6-2. 2) Analysis of lost agricultural income: Through the calculation of the annual income loss of the affected immigrants affected by the land acquisition, the household income loss of the land affected households is 243 yuan. Moreover, household income loss is below 10%, accounting for 100% of the total affected households. From the perspective of overall income loss, the household income loss of 9 households are all less than 10%,land acquisition has little impact on household income. See Table 6-3. 30 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Table 6-1 Summary of LA Impacts Before LA Affected by LA Per capita Affected by LA Per capita cultivated Percent Percent of Subproject Town Village Cultivated cultivated Cultivated Land loss HHs Population AHs APs area after LA of HHs population area (mu) area (mu) area (mu) rate (%) (mu) (%) (%) Qin’an County, Wuying Shaodian 393 1847 2425 1.31 19.1 9 44 1.30 2.29 2.38 0.79 Tianshui City Total 393 1847 2425 1.31 19.1 9 44 1.30 2.29 2.38 0.79 Table 6-2 Analysis of Land Loss Rates Land loss rate Subproject Village / group 10% or less 11%-20% 20%-50% 50%-100% Total HHs Population HHs Population HHs Population HHs Population HHs Population Qin’an County, Shaodian Shaodian 9 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44 Tianshui City Total 9 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44 Percent of HHs (%) 100% 100% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 100% 100% Table 6-3 Analysis of Income Loss Rates Income loss rate Average Per capita Subproject Town Village 10% or less 11%—50% 50%—100% AHs loss per loss (yuan) HHs Population HHs Population HHs Population HH (yuan) Qin’an County, Wuying Shaodian 9 44 0 0 0 0 9 243 51.7 Tianshui City Total 9 44 0 0 0 0 9 243 51.7 31 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 3) Analysis of lost household income: Since the affected villages vary in economic development level, and the AHs vary in income structure, losses of agricultural income may account for different proportions to gross household income. In order to analyze the income loss rate of the households affected by LA, the villages affected by the Qin’an County subprojects will be analyzed for household income loss rate. Among the villages affected by LA, per capita income is 10445 yuan, and per capita lost agricultural income is 51.7yuan, per income loss is 0.5%. See Table 6-4. In addition, according to the income structure of the affected villages, since the Project is located mainly around urban areas, the villages have a developed nonagricultural economy, agricultural income accounts for a low proportion in gross income, migrant labor is an increasingly important source of income in rural areas and farmers’ reliance on land income is lowering. Based on an overall analysis, LA has a minor impact on the economic income of the affected villages. Table 6-4 Analysis of Per Capita Income Losses Per capita net income Per capita lost agricultural Income loss Subproject Town Village of farmers (yuan) income (yuan) rate (%) Qin’an County, Wuying Shaodian 10445 51.7 0.5% Tianshui City In order to ensure that the production level and standard of living of the households affected by LA are restored effectively, the following diversified resettlement and income restoration measures have been designed for the Project. 6.1.2 Resettlement and Restoration Measures During project design, the design agency considered the damage of LA to local socioeconomic development, and production and living systems, and kept optimizing the project design to control optimize construction measures, minimize the range of LA and HD, mitigate the impacts of project construction on local production and livelihoods. Therefore, the Project will not cause destructive damage to the existing production and living systems. Most of the APs will still have some land after LA, and can continue with farming. However, in order to minimize adverse impacts on them, and restore their production and living levels timely and effectively, different restoration programs have been developed through consultation with the village committees and AHs. 1) Cash compensation Each subproject: Resettlement subsidy, land compensation and young crop compensation will be fully paid to the AHs without withholding by the village committee, and without land reallocation. 62.1 mu of collective land will be acquired for this subproject, including 19.1 mu of collective cultivated land and 43 mu of collective construction land. According to the Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province (GPG [2017] No.17), the compensation rate for collective cultivated land is 37,439 yuan/mu, and that for collective construction land 18,720 yuan/mu. All 34 AHs expect cash compensation as their preferred method of compensation. This reflects the fact that income from land only constitutes a minor proportion of households’ income. Compensation paid to affected households provides coverage for long term livelihoods as urbanization gradually having impact to nearby communities. Most rural communities expect land acquisition and resettlement as a life time opportunity to migrate to urban areas. 2) Land reallocation The AHs will not be subject to land reallocation due to the fact that they do not expect long term income from land, and in places adjacent to urban areas, no additional land is available. 3) Social security In order to provide basic living security to the APs, and protect their lawful rights and interests, 32 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project LEFs affected to a certain extent may cover endowment insurance for LEFs pursuant to the Implementation Plan for Endowment Insurance for Land-expropriated Farmers of Qin’an County (QCGO [2016] No.90). According to the Implementation Plan for Endowment Insurance for Land-expropriated Farmers of Qin’an County (QCGO [2016] No.90), rural residents aged 16 years or above and with land loss rates of over 20% may cover endowment insurance for LEFs, so the APs in Shaodian Village are ineligible. Skills training: In order to resettle the APs properly, and restore or improve their income, the PMO will also offer skills training to ensure their future livelihoods in addition to the above measures. The local township governments have developed skills training programs, and set up budgets accordingly. Such training covers agricultural and nonagricultural skills. See Table 6-5. Table 6-5 Summary of Local Skills Training Programs Type Trainees Venue Scope Period Remarks Practical Grass and Qin’an County agricultural 30 medicinal material 2019-2025 Community College skills cultivation Vocational Qin’an County Marketing and 30 2019-2025 skills Community College product processing Qin’an County Housekeeping Housekeeping 50 2019-2025 Training Center services Special skills Qin’an County Construction, rural 50 2019-2025 training Training Center tourism, restaurant In sum, the Project offers diversified resettlement measures to the households affected by LA, including: 1) cash compensation, covering all households affected by LA (34 households with 168persons); 2) training and employment support, covering about60 persons, accounting for 35.7% of the population affected by LA; and 3) endowment insurance, covering 0 persons, accounting for 0.00%. Compensation measures take into consideration of affected people’s preference, and are in line with World Bank OP4.12 in terms of providing livelihoods support at replacement cost. See Table 6-6. Table 6-6 Coverage of Resettlement Modes Training and Endowment Cash compensation County / district Village employment support insurance HHs Persons Persons Persons Qin’an County, Wohuang 25 124 30 0 Tianshui City Shaodian 9 44 30 0 Total 34 168 60 0 6.2 Temporary Land Occupation 11 mu of land will be occupied temporarily, with compensation of 9,200 yuan, which will be paid directly to the affected proprietors. Strict measures shall be taken during construction to protect surface soil and avoid any irrecoverable impact. During excavation, surface soil (recommended thickness 30-50cm) shall be collected and stored separately, and measures taken to prevent water loss and soil erosion. After construction, subsurface soil shall be backfilled first, then surface soil shall be spread on the surface evenly, and the ground leveled to reduce the impact on the quality of cultivated land. In order to minimize LA impacts on cultivation income, construction should be conducted after harvest or before sowing, and the AHs notified in advance. In this batch of projects, the Wushan County subproject is expected to occupy a total of 52.74 mu of land temporarily. During the period, it is necessary to bury the road along both sides of the ancient street road. The pipeline laying may have the impact on the road in front of the ancient street residents, and will not affect the young crops. After the pipeline is laid, the road will be restored to its original condition by the project construction unit, so it has little impact on the 33 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project surrounding villagers, will not affect the population, and does not involve compensation. 6.3 Demolition of Residential Houses All residential houses affected by the Project are rural residential houses, caused by Hanmo Culture and Art Center and Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village, with a total area of 4,070 m 2, affecting 12 households with 48 persons. Most of these houses are aged, simple in structure and less anti-seismic, so most of the AHs accept HD. Rational compensation rates and feasible resettlement programs under the Project will improve their living conditions effectively. 1) Hanmo Culture and Art Center: Rural residential houses of 2,630 m 2 will be demolished, affecting 6 households with 24 persons. The demolished houses have such problems as unsound indoor facilities, aged structure, and poor day-lighting and ventilation to varying degrees. All AHs have chosen the resettlement mode of cash compensation. The compensation rates are 2,800 yuan/m2 (masonry concrete structure), 2,680 yuan/m 2 (masonry timber structure), 1,500 yuan/m2 (earth timber structure), moving subsidy 3,000 yuan per household, transition subsidy 20,000 per household and moving reward 30,000 yuan per household (see the RAP of the Tongwei Subproject). Compensation will be fully paid to the AHs, which can buy houses themselves. 2) Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village: Rural residential houses of 1,440 m 2 will be demolished, affecting 6 households with 24 persons. The demolished houses have such problems as unsound indoor facilities, aged structure, and poor day-lighting and ventilation to varying degrees, and the nearby infrastructure is also poor. Since all the 6 AHs have bought houses in the residential quarter in the village (involving no transition), they have chosen the resettlement mode of cash compensation. The compensation rates are 1,400 yuan/m2 (masonry concrete structure), 1,300 yuan/m2 (masonry timber structure), 1,000 yuan/m2 (earth timber structure), and moving subsidy 3,000 yuan per household (see Section 4.4.4 of the RAP of the Zhangye Subproject). Compensation will be fully paid to the AHs. See Table 6-7. Table 6-7 HD Compensation and Resettlement Program Estimated County / Head of Family HD area Resettlement No. Structure compensation Remarks district household size (m2) mode (0,000 yuan) 1 LJD 4 522 Masonry timber 145.20 Cash 2 LSM 3 338 Masonry timber 95.88 Cash 3 Tongwei BWP 6 593 Earth timber 94.25 Cash 4 County SXL 2 200 Earth timber 35.30 Cash 5 ZYG 4 526 Earth timber 84.20 Cash 6 LYB 5 450 Masonry concrete 131.30 Cash 7 GJ 4 200 Masonry timber 26.3 Cash 8 WZZ 2 220 Masonry concrete 31.1 Cash 9 Ganzhou AKX 4 200 Masonry timber 26.3 Cash 10 District ZB 4 300 Earth timber 30.3 Cash 11 LR 5 290 Earth timber 29.3 Cash 12 YYX 5 230 Masonry timber 30.2 Cash 13 Total 48 4070 / 759.63 / 34 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Table 6-8 Resettlement Modes for Affected Entities and Stores Benchmark HD compensation Preliminary Degree HD area (m2) Benchmark land Sub- rate (yuan/m2) overall Resettlement Resettlement Entity of compensation project Masonry Masonry Masonry Masonry compensation mode measure impact Simple Subtotal Simple rate (0,000 yuan) concrete timber concrete timber rate (0,000 yuan) Ganzhou District Cash 220 / / 220 1820 / / / 4.04 Library compensation Zhenwei Beef Cash 25 / / 25 12000 / / / 30.00 Noodles compensation Cash Full demolition Fajia Barbecue 25 / / 25 12000 / / / 30.00 Ganzhou compensation The PMO will District, Cash assist it in Barber’s shop 25 / / 25 12000 / / / 30.00 Zhangye compensation leasing land City Hongji Real Cash for operation. 25 / / 25 12000 / / / 30.00 Estate Agency compensation Cash Car rental 25 / / 25 12000 / / / 30.00 compensation Hongda Electric Cash 25 / / 25 12000 / / / 30.00 Bicycle Repair compensation 35 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 6.4 Demolition of Non-residential Properties Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development involves the demolition of 6 stores and one public house, all on state-owned land. The compensation rate for the affected entity (Ganzhou District Library) is 130% of that for residential houses. The compensation rates for the 6 affected stores are 12,000 yuan/m 2 for masonry concrete structure, 10,000 yuan/m2 for masonry timber structure and 8,000 yuan/m2 for simple structure (see Section 4.4.5 of the RAP of the Zhangye Subproject). See Table 6-8. The non-residential demolition of this project affects one abandoned primary school, which is caused by the Yuanyangyu Culture Exhibition Experience Zone subproject, which is the demolition of non-residential houses on collective land. The area to be demolished in this elementary school is about 500m2, and the structure of the primary school building is a civil institution. The compensation standard for the demolition of non-residential houses in this project is based on the Wushan County People's Government's notice on the compensation plan for land acquisition and demolition (historical legacy) in the planned area of the county town (Wu Zhengfa [2018] No. 65).See Table 6-9. Table 6-9 Compensation Standard for Demolition of Non-residential Buildings Impact structure Compensation unit Remarks category type standard The price setting standard is: part of the brick wall, the height is between 3 Brick and school Yuan/㎡ 1200 meters and 4 meters, the building has a wood service life of 10 years and above, and the doors and windows are complete. 6.5 Vulnerable Groups The affected population includes 1 vulnerable households with 4 persons, affected by the Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village, Zhangye city. During the entire immigration relocation process, the Ganzhou District People's Government of Zhangye City will pay special attention to its resettlement. In addition to living resettlement and production resettlement for vulnerable groups according to the project implementation plan, certain assistance will be provided to restore their income as soon as possible. Table 6-10 Supporting Measures for Vulnerable Groups Family Head Family Type of Assistanc No. Type labor Supporting measure of HH size impact e needed force For subjects with per capita annual income of less than Income 600 yuan, an MLS benefit of 120 yuan per capita per Disab security; annum is paid from provincial finance, and the balance 1 ZB ility, 4 1 HD medical from county / district finance; for supported destitute MLS insurance subjects, not less than 90% of medical expenses borne by the individual will be subsidized. 6.6 Affected Ground Attachments All public facilities affected by the Project will be relocated or restored by proprietors. Restoration measures for demolished facilities must be planned and arranged in advance and suited to local conditions, so that such measures are safe, efficient, timely and accurate, and their adverse impact on nearby residents is minimized. 36 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 7 Organizational Structure and Implementation Schedule 7.1 Organizational Structure and Capacity Building In 2014, the Gansu Provincial Government issued the Master Construction Plan for economic development (GPG [2014] No.10), proposing to revitalize Gansu’s economy, and a demonstration base of industrial cooperation and cultural exchange. In order to accelerate the implementation of the Project, the Gansu Provincial Culture Department has applied for a Bank loan for the Project as the owner and borrower. The Gansu PMO has been established at the provincial culture department, and local PMOs have been established in the project counties (districts), responsible for project management, implementation and coordination. 7.1.1 Organizational Setup See Figure 7-1. Gansu Project Leading Group Gansu PMO M&E agency Subproject owners Subproject leading groups IAs Township governments Village committees APs Figure 7-1 Organizational Chart 7.1.2 Organizational Responsibilities  Province level project agencies As the owner of the Project, the Gansu Provincial Culture Department is responsible for overall project management and implementation, including guidance, coordination and decision-making at the preparation and implementation stages. The main duties of the Gansu PMO are: 1) Loan management and project implementation; 2) Compiling and submitting project documents, and coordinating issues in project implementation; 37 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 3) Developing annual implementation plans and budgets, and approving relevant documents; 4) Organizing design review, supervising implementation, and participating in final inspection; 5) Conducting financial management, including fund and withdrawal applications; 6) Implementing the RAP, environmental management plan and social management plan; 7) Conducting project M&E, covering project outputs, safeguards, capacity building, etc.; 8) Preparing documents required by the Bank with the assistance of the local PMOs and IAs  Local project agencies Subproject leading groups and local PMOs have been established in the project counties (districts). Their duties are as follows: 1) Coordinating agencies: subproject leading groups 2) County / district governments: coordinating subproject implementation 3) Leading groups: headed by chief county / district leaders, and composed of heads of agencies concerned and township governments, responsible for making major decisions during implementation;  IAs 1) Organizing public participation, and communicating the resettlement policies; 2) Implementing, inspecting, monitoring and recording all resettlement activities within the township; 3) Responsible for the disbursement and management of land compensation fees; 4) Coordinating and handling conflicts and issues arising from its work; 5) Reporting LA, HD and resettlement progress to county land and resources bureaus and subproject owners  Township governments The resettlement office of a township is headed by the leader responsible of the township, and composed of key officials of the land and resources department and the affected villages. Their main responsibilities are: 1) Organizing public participation, and communicating the resettlement policies; 2) Implementing, inspecting, monitoring and recording all resettlement activities within the township; 3) Responsible for the disbursement and management of land compensation fees; 4) Coordinating and handling conflicts and issues arising from its work; 5) Reporting LA, HD and resettlement progress to county land and resources bureaus and subproject owners  Village committees The resettlement working team of a village committee or village group is composed of its key officials. Its main responsibilities are: 1) Participating in the socioeconomic survey and DMS; 2) Organizing public consultation, and communicating the policies on LA and HD; 3) Paying and managing relevant funds; 4) Reporting the APs’ opinions and suggestions to the competent authorities; 5) Reporting the progress of resettlement implementation  External M&E agency The Gansu PMO will appoint a qualified M&E agency as the external resettlement monitoring agency. Its main responsibilities are: A) Observing all aspects of resettlement planning and implementation as an independent M&E agency, monitoring and evaluating the resettlement results and the social adaptability of the DPs, and submitting resettlement M&E reports to the Gansu PMO and the Bank; and B) Providing technical advice to the Gansu PMO in data collection and processing. 7.1.3 Staffing In order to ensure the successful implementation of the resettlement work, all resettlement agencies of the Project have been provided with full-time staff, and a smooth channel of communication has been established. Each resettlement agency is composed mainly of 3 to 6 administrative staff members and specialized technicians, all of whom have certain professional and 38 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project management skills, and considerable experience in LA, property demolition and resettlement. See Table 7-1. Table 7-1 Staffing of Resettlement Agencies Workforce Changche Agency Composition Tongwei Ganzhou Qin’an # of County District County District Gansu Project Leading Group Government officials 6 6 6 6 Subproject leading groups Government officials 4 4 4 3 Government officials, Township resettlement offices 5 5 5 6 civil servants Local land and resources Civil servants 2 2 3 2 bureaus Officials and AP Village committees / groups 4 4 5 3 representatives Senior engineers, Design agency 10 5 4 4 engineers Resettlement and External M&E agency 8 8 8 8 social experts 7.1.4 Equipment All municipal, district and township resettlement agencies of the Project have been provided basic office, transport and communication equipment, including desks and chairs, PCs, printers, telephones, facsimile machines and vehicles. 7.1.5 Training Program Purpose of training: to train the management staff and technicians related to LA and HD in the Project, so that they understand and master information on LA and HD, and ensure that the action plan for LA and HD of the Project is fully implemented. Trainees: There are two types of training: For management staff of LA and HD—The purpose is to train the management staff of the Project on LA, HD and emergency measures, so that they learn experience in resettlement and management from advanced countries, and communicate it to all LA and HD staff of the Project. Resettlement staff—The purpose is to make them understand the scope of construction, resettlement policies and restoration measures of the Project, and ensure the successful implementation of the RAP. Mode of training: Training is divided into two levels: The senior management staff training will be given by the Gansu PMO, and Bank officials, government officials and experts will be invited to give lectures; the resettlement staff training will be given by the district resettlement office under the direction of the local PMOs. Scope of training: overview and background of the Project, applicable laws and regulations, details of the RAP, management and reporting procedures, cost management, M&E, reporting, and grievance redress, etc. 7.2 Implementation Schedule According to the implementation schedule of the Project, the resettlement schedule of the Project will be linked up with the construction schedule; the main part of LA, HD and resettlement will begin in March 2019 and end in December 2023. The basic principles of scheduling are as follows: 1) The LA, HD and resettlement work shall be completed at least one month before the commencement of construction so that the APs have sufficient time to prepare for production resettlement and income restoration; 2) During resettlement, the APs should have opportunities to participate in the Project; the range of LA should be published, the Resettlement Information Booklet (RIB) issued, and public participation should be carried out before the commencement of construction; and 3) all kinds of compensation should be paid directly to the affected proprietors within 3 months from the date of approval of the RAP; no organization or individual should use property compensation fees on their behalf, and such compensation should not be discounted for any reason. The overall resettlement schedule of the Project has been drafted according to the progress of 39 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project preparation and implementation of LA, HD and resettlement. The times listed in the table are subject to adjustment with actual progress. See Table 7-2. Table 7-2 Resettlement Implementation Schedule No. Activity Time Progress 1 RP Preparation 1.1 Establishing resettlement offices Mar. 2018 Completed 1.2 Appointing the RAP preparation agency Mar. 2018 Completed 1.3 Conducting the socioeconomic survey Mar. 2018 Completed 1.4 Preparing the RAP Apr. – Jul. 2018 Completed 2 Information disclosure and public participation 2.1 Consulting with agencies concerned and APs Mar. – Jul. 2018 Completed 2.2 Disclosing the draft RAP and RIB to APs Aug. 2018 Pending Disclosing the revised RAP and RIB to APs if 2.3 Sep. 2018 Pending necessary 2.4 Disclosing the RAP on the Bank’s website Nov. 2018 Pending 3 Approving the RAP Sep. 2018 Pending 4 Construction land 4.1 Land pre-examination Nov. 2018 Pending 4.2 Land approval Dec. 2018 Pending 5 Implementation stage Entering into resettlement agreements and 5.1 Jan. 2019– Dec. 2020 Pending paying compensation fees 5.1 LA and HD Mar. 2019– Jun. 2021 Pending 5.2 Offering clear land Dec. 2021 Pending 5.3 Income restoration measures Dec. 2021 – May 2025 Pending 5.4 Skills training Sep. 2019 – Sep. 2025 Pending 6 M&E 6.1 Baseline survey Sep. 2019 Pending 6.2 Internal monitoring Sep.2019 – Dec. 2025 Pending 6.3 External M&E Sep. 2019– Dec. 2025 Pending 40 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 8 Budget and Funding Sources 8.1 Budget In the general budget, direct resettlement costs include compensation fees for permanent LA, HD and ground attachments, as well as management costs, training costs and contingencies, etc. The general resettlement budget of the Project is 17.5112 million yuan. Among them, the permanent acquisition of collective land compensation costs is 1.7231 million yuan (accounting for 9.84% of the total budget), the temporary land occupation cost is 0.0092 million yuan (accounting for 0.05% of the total budget), and the ground attachments compensation is 0.004974 million yuan (2.84% of the total budget). The compensation for the demolition of residential houses is 7.2008 million yuan (41.12% of the total budget), the compensation for non-residential housing demolition is 4.56 million yuan (26.04% of the total budget), and the unforeseen expenses is 1.42868 million yuan (8.16% of the total budget). The Administrative costs is 0.141342 million yuan (0.81% of the total budget), the Resettlement planning and monitoring costs fee is1.4472 million yuan (8.26% of the total budget), and the resettlement training fee is 0.12 million yuan (0.69% of the total budget). The relevant taxes is 0.3926 million yuan (2.24% of the total budget). The total resettlement cost will be included in the total cost of the project, the project resettlement compensation and resettlement budget. The general resettlement budget will be included in the overall costs of the Project. See Table 8-1. Table 8-1 Resettlement Budget (0,000 yuan) Tongwei Ganzhou County, Qin’an Percent No. Item County, District, Tianshui City, County, Total (%) Dingxi City Zhangye City Wushan Tianshui City 1 Basic costs 595.28 534.31 79.1 189.43 1398.12 79.84 1.1 Permanent LA / / 18.7 153.61 172.31 9.84 1.1.1 Collective farmland / / 5.3 73.11 78.41 4.48 1.1.2 Collective construction land / / 12.6 80.5 93.1 5.32 1.1.3 Collective wasteland / / 0.8 / 0.8 0.05 Permanent occupation of 1.2 / / / / 0 0/ state-owned land 1.3 Temporary land occupation / / / 0.92 0.92 0.05 Compensation for ground 1.4 / 13.51 0.4 35.83 49.74 2.84 attachments Demolition of residential 1.5 595.28 124.8 / / 720.08 41.12 houses Demolition of 1.6 / 396 60 / 456 26.04 non-residential properties 2 Contingencies 59.53 53.43 10.968 18.94 142.868 8.16 3 Administrative costs 5.95 5.34 0.9542 1.89 14.1342 0.81 Resettlement planning and 144.7213 4 89.29 10.69 16.331352 28.41 8.26 monitoring costs 52 5 Training costs 4 4 / 4 12 0.69 39.25521 6 LA taxes / / 2.325216 36.93 2.24 6 Total 754.05 607.78 109.68 279.61 1751.12 100 Percent (%) 43.06 34.71 6.26 15.97 100 8.2 Annual Investment Plan Before or during project implementation, investment will be made in stages in order not to affect the production and livelihoods of the households affected by LA. See Table 8-2. Table 8-2 Annual Investment Plan (0,000 yuan) County / district 2020 2021 2022 Subtotal Tongwei County, Dingxi City 301.61 226.22 226.22 754.05 Ganzhou District, Zhangye City 243.12 182.33 182.33 607.78 County, Tianshui City, Wushan 43.88 32.90 32.90 109.68 Qin’an County, Tianshui City 110.65 82.98 82.98 279.61 41 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Percent (%) 40% 30% 30% 100% 8.3 Funding Sources and Disbursement Process The sources of resettlement funds of the Project are the district government’s fiscal appropriations and domestic bank loans. See Table 8-3. Table 8-3 Funding Sources Funding Amount Time of Subproject source (0,000 yuan) disbursement Hanmo Culture and Art Center Project budget 754.05 2018-2022 Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Inheritance and Development, and Project budget 607.78 2018-2022 Wulan Ancient Town Folklore Village Shandan Town, Jade Origin, Project budget 109.68 2018-2022 Characteristic Cultural Town Project Dadiwan Site—Longcheng Famous Historical and Cultural Project budget 279.61 2018-2022 Town—Shangguan Qing-Ming Ancient Street Improvement Total Project budget 1751.12 During project implementation, the owner disburse compensation fees to the displacer or county / district land reserve centers, which will pay compensation fees to the affected entities / individuals according to compensation agreements. See Figure 8-1. Local counterpart funds Local PMOs Land and Bank or resources credit bureau cooperati ve Village HHs HHs Proprietors committ affected affected of ees by LA by HD attachments Figure 8-1 Fund Disbursement Flowchart 42 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 9 Public Participation, Consultation and Grievance Redress 9.1 Public Participation According to the policies and regulations of the state, Gansu Province, and the project cities and counties on LA, HD and resettlement, it is very necessary to conduct public participation at the preparation and implementation stages in order to protect the lawful rights and interests of the APs and the affected entities, reduce grievances and disputes, and realize the resettlement objectives properly by developing sound policies and implementation rules on displacement and resettlement, preparing an effective RAP, and organizing implementation properly. 9.1.1 Public Participation at the Preparation Stage Since December 2017, under the direction of the technical assistance consultants, the local governments and PMOs have conducted a series of socioeconomic survey and public consultation activities. Extensive public consultation has also been conducted during the DMS. See Table 9-1. Table 9-1 Implemented Public Participation and Consultation Activities No. Purpose Mode Time Agencies Participants Expected outcome Opinions on Discussion Village Collecting opinions on construction 1 Dec. 2017 Local PMOs project design meeting officials, APs impacts, etc. from villagers Disclosure of Newspaper, Disclosing the TORs for RAP 2 Jan. 2018 Local PMOs APs RAP TORs website preparation Discussion Disclosing project information to 3 Village congress Jan. 2018 Village committees Villager reps. meeting villagers and collecting opinions Notifying project information and Meeting of village Discussion Group heads, duties to group heads for 4 Jan. 2018 Village committees group heads meeting villagers subsequent communication and opinion collection Meeting of Discussion Household Disclosing project information and 5 Jan. 2018 Village committees household heads meeting heads collecting opinions Discussion Village committees Disclosing project information to 6 Village meeting Feb. 2018 Villagers meeting and groups villagers and collecting opinions Discussion Village committees Distributing the notice to each 7 Notice Mar. 2018 Villagers meeting and groups villager 8 RIB Distribution Apr. 2018 Local PMOs APs Distributing the RIB Bulletin board, Confirming final impacts 9 DMS verification Apr. 2018 Local PMOs APs village meeting Disclosure of LA area, LA Bulletin board, Local PMOs, land and 10 May 2018 APs compensation rates and announcement village meeting resources bureaus resettlement modes, etc. Announcement of Compensation fees and mode of compensation Bulletin board, Local PMOs, land and payment 11 Sep. 2018 APs and resettlement village meeting resources bureaus program for LA Determination / Discussing the final income implementation restoration program and its Village meeting Sep. – 12 of income Local PMOs APs implementation (many times) Dec. 2018 restoration program Local PMOs, Discussing issues arising from Discussion Issues arising township implementation and solutions meeting, Whole 13 from project governments, village APs fieldwork, process implementation committees, external appeal M&E agency Local PMOs, Collecting suggestions on and Collection of Appeal township grievances about the Project Whole 14 suggestions and mechanism, governments, village APs process grievances fieldwork, committees, external M&E agency 43 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 9.1.2 Public Participation Plan With the progress of project preparation and implementation, the local PMOs and township resettlement governments will conduct further public participation. See Table 9-2. Table 9-2 Public Participation Plan Partici Purpose Mode Time Topic Agencies pants Village bulletin After Bank RAP disclosure board, village RAP disclosure review meeting After Bank RAP or RIB Distribution to APs RAP or RIB review Gansu PMO, Disclosure of LA Tongwei Village bulletin area, compensation Feb. – Oct. PMO, LA announcement board, village rates and 2019 Zhangye meeting resettlement modes, PMO, All APs etc. Ganzhou Announcement of Village bulletin PMO, compensation and Compensation fees board, village May 2019 Wushan resettlement and mode of payment meeting County PMO, program for LA Qin’an PMO Discussing the final Determination / income restoration implementation of Village meeting Sep. – Dec. program and the income restoration (many times) 2019 program for use of program compensation fees 9.2 Grievance Redress Since the resettlement work is conducted with the participation of APs, no substantial dispute will arise. However, in order to ensure that APs have a channel to file an appeal on any issue concerning land acquisition and resettlement, a four-stage grievance redress mechanism has been established during the preparation and implementation the RAP: Stage 1: If any AP is dissatisfied with the RAP, he/she can file an oral or written appeal with the village committee or HD implementing agency orally or in writing. In case of an oral appeal, the village committee or HD implementing agency shall handle such appeal and keep written records. Such appeal should be solved within 2 weeks. Stage 2: If the AP is dissatisfied with the disposition of Stage 1, he/she may file an appeal with the local PMO after receiving such disposition, which shall make a disposition within 2 weeks. Stage 3: If the AP is still dissatisfied with the disposition of Stage 2, he/she may escalate the appeal to the competent administrative authorities in accordance with Administrative Procedure Law of the PRC after receiving such disposition for arbitration. Stage 4: If the AP is still dissatisfied with the arbitration award, he/she may file a suit in a civil court in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law of the PRC after receiving such award. The APs may file an appeal about any aspect of resettlement, including compensation rates, etc. The above appeal channel will be notified to the APs at a meeting or otherwise, so that the APs are fully aware of their right of appeal. Mass media will be utilized for publicity, and opinions and advice about resettlement will be compiled into messages for study and disposition by the resettlement agencies. All agencies will accept grievances and appeals from the APs for free, and costs so reasonably incurred will be disbursed from contingency costs. At any stage, an AP may bring a suit in a civil court directly if he/she is dissatisfied with the grievance redress procedure or disposition. All grievances, oral or written, will be reported to the Bank in internal and external resettlement monitoring reports. All agencies will accept grievances and appeals from the APs for free, and costs so reasonably incurred will be disbursed from the contingencies. At the whole construction stage, the above procedure will remain effective so that the APs can use it to solve relevant issues. The above appeal channel will be disclosed to the APs via the RIB and mass media. 44 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 9.2.1 Scope and Modes of Complaints Redress  Scope of redress 1) Brief description of grievance; 2) Investigation results; 3) Applicable state provisions, and the principles and rates specified in this RAP; 4) Disposition and basis 5) The complainant has the right to file an appeal to the resettlement authority of the next higher level or file a suit in a civil court at the expense of the owner.  Modes of redress 1) For any individual grievance, the reply will be delivered directly to the grievant in writing. 2) For any common grievance, a village meeting will be held or a notice given to the village committee. In whichever mode of redress, the redress materials must be sent to the grievant and submitted to the local PMO. 9.2.2 Recording and Feedback of Grievances and Appeals During the implementation of the RAP, the resettlement agencies should register and manage appeal and handling information, and submit such information to the local PMO, which will inspect the registration of appeal and handling information regularly. See Table 9-3. Table 9-3 Grievance Registration Form Accepting agency: Time: Location: Proposed Appellant Appeal Expected solution Actual handling solution Recorder Appellant (signature) (signature) Notes: 1. The recorder should record the appeal and request of the appellant factually. 2. The appeal process should not be interfered with or hindered whatsoever. 3. The proposed solution should be notified to the appellant within the specified time. The key points of this chapter will be disclosed to the APs before the beginning of resettlement implementation. 9.2.3 Contact Information for Grievance Redress The resettlement agencies will assign dedicated staff members to collect and accept grievances and appeals from the APs. See Table 9-4. Table 9-4 Contact Information for Grievance Redress Agency Name Address Tel No.618 Donggang West Road, Chengguan Gansu PMO Liu Donghui 0931-8813468 District, Lanzhou Qin’an County Culture, Broadcast and Qin’an PMO Yang Jiansuo 13919673223 Television Bureau Wushan County Wushan County Culture Broadcasting and Film Lu Qiang 18219982200 PMO Bureau Junction of Guanjing Alley and Provincial Tongwei PMO Chen Bo 18152202006 Highway 207, Tongwei County Zhangye Cultural Heritage Protection, Diao Yongjin 13830660990 Zhangye PMO Inheritance project Zhang Xingchi Folklore Village Development project 18093645107 45 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 10 M&E In order to ensure the successful implementation of the RAP and resettle the APs properly, periodic M&E of resettlement activities will be conducted in accordance with the Bank Operational Policy OP4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement and the Operational Guide to the Monitoring and Evaluation of Resettlement of World Bank Financed Projects in China. Monitoring is divided into internal monitoring of resettlement agencies and external independent monitoring. 10.1 Internal Monitoring The Gansu and local PMOs will establish an internal monitoring mechanism to monitor resettlement activities, and a resettlement database to prepare the RAP, monitor all displaced households and entities, and conduct internal supervision and inspection of the whole process of resettlement. 10.1.1 Procedure During implementation, the implementing agencies will collect and record information on resettlement implementation from the monitoring samples, and report real-time activity records to the PMO timely to maintain continuous monitoring. The PMO will inspect implementation regularly. 10.1.2 Scope 1) Compensation fees paid to the APs and entities 2) Availability of resettlement housing under cash compensation 3) Construction of resettlement housing under property swap 4) Staffing, training, working schedule and efficiency of the resettlement agencies 5) Registration and handling of grievances and appeals of the APs 10.1.3 Reporting The implementing agencies will prepare an internal monitoring report semiannually, and submit it to the corresponding component PMOs, which will in turn submit it to the Gansu PMO and the Bank at each year end. 10.2 Independent External Monitoring 10.2.1 Purpose and Tasks External M&E means the regular M&E of LA, HD and resettlement activities from out of the resettlement organization to see if the objectives of resettlement are met. Through external M&E, opinions and suggestions are proposed on the whole resettlement process, and the restoration of the production level and standard of living of the APs, an early warning system is established for the management agencies, and a feedback channel provided for the APs. The external M&E agency will serve as the consultant to the management and implementing agencies of the Project, conduct follow-up monitoring on the implementation of the RAP, and give opinions for decision-making. 10.2.2 External M&E Agency As required by the Bank, a qualified agency will be appointed as the external M&E agency, which will provide technical assistance to the component owners, and implement basic monitoring through resettlement survey and standard of living survey. 10.2.3 Procedure and Scope 1) Preparing the Terms of Reference of M&E; 2) Preparing a survey outline, survey form and record card of affected residents and typical affected entities 3) Design of sampling survey plan and sample size: not less than 10% of households affected by LA and HD each, and 20% of entities affected by HD 4) Baseline survey A baseline survey required for the independent M&E of the households affected by land acquisition will be conducted to acquire baseline data on the standard of living (livelihood, production and income levels) of the monitored displaced households. 5) Establishing an M&E information system An M&E information system will be established, where a database will be established for different types of M&E data, in order to provide computer aid for analysis and follow-up monitoring. 6) M&E survey ①Capacity evaluation of resettlement implementing agencies: to investigate the working capacity and efficiency of the resettlement implementing agencies 46 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project ②Monitoring of resettlement progress, compensation rates and payment to typical displaced households: to monitor the disbursement of compensation fees, income restoration and resettlement quality of residents; and restoration measures for vulnerable groups ③Public participation and consultation: to monitor public participation activities during the preparation and implementation of the RAP, and the effectiveness of participation ④Appeals: to monitor the registration and disposition of appeals of the APs 7) Compiling monitoring data, and establishing a database 8) Comparative analysis 9) Preparing M&E reports according to the monitoring plan 10.2.4 Indicators 1) Key M&E indicators:  Progress: preparation and implementation of LA, HD and resettlement  Quality: effectiveness of resettlement measures and satisfaction of the APs  Investment: disbursement and use of funds M&E will be conducted on the basis of the survey data provided by the design agency, and resettlement implementing agencies. After a full understanding has been obtained, M&E will be conducted in the form of key informant interview and rapid rural appraisal. 2) Usually, the external M&E agency will perform the following tasks: ①Public consultation: The external M&E agency will attend public consultation meetings at villages and towns. In this way, it will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of public participation and the willingness of the APs to cooperate in the RAP. These activities will be conducted during and after resettlement. ②Collecting opinions from the APs: The external M&E agency will meet township resettlement offices and villagers from time to time to learn opinions collected by them from affected persons. The external M&E agency will report such opinions to the resettlement offices so as to make resettlement more effective and smooth. ③Other duties: The external M&E agency will give advice on the improvement and implementation of the RAP to the resettlement offices. 10.2.5 Reporting The external M&E agency will prepare external monitoring reports based on its observations and survey findings, and report independently to the Municipal PMO and the Bank. 1) Interval M&E will end half a year after the completion of resettlement and the restoration of production and livelihoods of the APs. As required by the Bank, external monitoring will be conducted twice a year. A mid-year monitoring report will be submitted to the Bank and the resettlement agencies in the middle of each year, and an annual monitoring report will be submitted to the Bank and the project owner at each year end. 2) Scope a. Resettlement baseline survey; b. Progress of LA, HD and resettlement; c. Production resettlement and restoration; d. House demolition and reconstruction; e. Restoration progress of special facilities; f. Standard of living of the APs; g. Availability and utilization of resettlement funds; h. Evaluation of the efficiency of the resettlement implementing agencies; i. Support for vulnerable groups; j. Functions of the resettlement implementing agencies; k. Existing issues and suggestions 10.2.6 Post-evaluation After project implementation, resettlement activities will be subject to post-evaluation using the theory and methodology for post-evaluation on the basis of M&E. Successful experience and lessons of LA and resettlement will be evaluated to provide experience that can be drawn on for future resettlement. Post-evaluation will be conducted by an external independent M&E agency appointed by the Gansu PMO. The post-evaluation agency will prepare terms of reference for post-evaluation to establish a system of evaluation indicators, conduct socioeconomic analysis and survey, and prepare the post-evaluation Report for submission to the Gansu PMO and the Bank. 47 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 11 Entitlement Matrix Table 11-1 Entitlement Matrix Entitled persons / Type of impact Subproject Application Population Compensation policy Compensation policy groups Permanently Involving the 0 households LA compensation will be paid to the Providing cash compensation for the expropriate 3.0 mu Shandan Village with 0 persons AHs without being withheld by the village groups and households of collective collective in collective. Cash compensation will be affected by LA, as no specific construction land; Shandan Town sufficient to maintain existing households identified as being Temporary socioeconomic conditions. Skills affected. Wushan occupation of 32.40 training and endowment insurance for Providing diversified resettlement Permanent LA County, mu of collective LEFs will be offered. measures to ensure that the Tianshui City construction land, production level and standard of living neither impact on are restored stably the number of households and number of people 48 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project Permanent Involving the 0 households LA compensation will be paid to the Providing cash compensation for the acquisition of 2.6 Hedian Village with 0 persons AHs without being withheld by the village groups affected by LA. mu of collective collective in collective. Cash compensation will be Providing diversified resettlement construction land; Shandan Town sufficient to maintain existing measures to ensure that the permanent socioeconomic conditions. Skills production level and standard of living acquisition of 1 mu training and endowment insurance for are restored stably of collective LEFs will be offered. cultivated land; permanent acquisition of 1.5 Wushan mu of collective County, wasteland; Tianshui City temporary occupation of 20.34 mu of collective construction land; demolition of non-residential houses of 500 m2, all involving no affected households and number of people 43 mu of collective Wohuang Village, 34 households LA compensation will be paid to the Providing cash compensation for the construction land Longcheng Town with 168 AHs without being withheld by the village groups and households and 19.1 mu of and Shaodian persons collective. Cash compensation will be affected by LA, as preferred by collective farmland Village, Wuying sufficient to maintain existing affected persons, and in line with Qin’an County, Town socioeconomic conditions. Skills World Bank OP4.12. Tianshui City training will be offered. Providing diversified resettlement measures to ensure that the production level and standard of living are restored stably 11 mu of collective Wohuang Village, 14 households Paying compensation to the affected Receiving compensation for lost young Temporary land Qin’an County, land Longcheng Town with 42 persons villages, and restoring the land to the crops, as agreed by affected persons, occupation Tianshui City original condition after occupation and in line with World Bank OP4.12. Temporary Hedian Village and 0 households After the occupation of the collective / Wushan occupation of 52.74 Shandan Village with 0 persons construction land is completed, it can County, mu of collective Collectives in be restored to its original state. Tianshui City construction land Shandan Town 49 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Revitalization and Innovation Project 2,630 m2 6 households with 6 households Paying compensation to the AHs Paying compensation to proprietors at 24 persons. with 24 persons full replacement cost, as preferred by Tongwei affected households, in line with WB County, Dingxi OP4.12. Demolition of City Granting a moving subsidy, a transition residential subsidy and a moving reward. houses 1,440 m2 6 households with 6 households Paying compensation to the AHs Paying compensation and a moving Ganzhou 24 persons. with 24 persons subsidy to affected persons, who District, agreed to the arrangement, and in line Zhangye City with OP4.12. 370 m2 (a public 10 persons 10 persons Paying compensation to the affected Fixing compensation based on local Ganzhou house and 6 proprietors rates for non-residential properties, in District, Demolition of stores) line with WB OP4.12, and preferred by Zhangye City non-residential APs. properties Wushan 500m2 (a primary Total impact 0 Total impact 0 Non-residential demolition Compensation is determined according County, school) people people compensation is distributed to the to the compensation standard for local Tianshui City affected village committee non-residential house demolition Within project area Disability, MLS One household Their needs will be identified and Eligible population will be included in Ganzhou with 4 persons recorded, and appropriate assistance local MLS with priority. Vulnerable District, will be determined. They will have priority in receiving free groups Zhangye City employment information, skills training and employment services. Ground Subproject / Proprietors Proprietors Paying compensation to proprietors Paying compensation to proprietors attachments areas Compensation APs complaining APs Appeals of the APs on LA, HD and / Grievance Subproject rates, payment, about resettlement complaining resettlement are exempt from fees redress areas resettlement about and management costs. measures resettlement 50 Appendix 1 Resettlement Due Diligence Report of Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Majiayao Site Scenic Zone 1. Background 1.1 Background of this project In order to enhance the cultural influence of Majiayao in Lintao County, promote cultural conservation and inheritance, tourism development and poverty reduction, and improve the public environment and local residents’ living standard, the Lintao County Government has applied for a loan of $23.93 million (170 million yuan) with the Bank for the construction of Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Majiayao Site Scenic Zone. This project consists of Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center, Majiayao site construction and Majiayao scenic zone infrastructure construction, and will be constructed from April 2018 to December 2020. According to the Bank’s social safeguard policy and preparation memorandum, a due diligence investigation will be conducted on resettlement activities. The Resettlement Due Diligence Report of Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Majiayao Site Scenic Zone has been prepared as entrusted by the Lintao County Government, and submitted to the Bank for review. 1.2 Resettlement impacts A total of 11.1 mu of collective land in Majiayao Village, Taoyang Town, Lintao County will be occupied permanently, directly affecting 14 households with 56 persons, and the compensation had been paid by December 2017. Table 1.1 Impact Caused by Land Acquisition Type Unit Lintao county Total No Majiayao Relics Tourist Cultural center Service Center 1 Collective land Mu / 11.1 11.1 2 National land Mu / / / 3 Temporary land use Mu / / / 4 Direct affect households / / / 14 5 Direct affect persons / / / 56 6 Temporary affect people / / / / Table 1.2 Impact Caused by Resettlement No Type Unit Lintao county Total Majiayao Relics Tourist Cultural center Service Center 1 Rural resident housing Household / 6 6 Person / 24 24 Area m2 / 1712 1712 2 Urban resident housing Household / / / Person / / / area / / / 3 Enterprises Household / 3 3 Persons / 12 12 area / 2174 2174 51 Figure 1-1 LA Compensation Payment Form of Majiayao Village, Taoyang Town, Lintao County This project involves the demolition of 6 properties with a total area of 1,712 m 2, affecting 6 entities with 24 persons, in which 3 entities have not into entered into a compensation agreement. Compensation is fixed through appraisal by Gansu Hongxin Real Estate Appraisal Co., Ltd., and is being paid orderly. 52 Figure 1-2 Entities and Houses to be Demolished 1.3 Purpose, scope and methods of resettlement due diligence In order to inspect the resettlement implementation process and impacts, and protect the APs’ lawful rights and interests, NRCR was appointed by the Lintao PMO to conduct a resettlement due diligence investigation on this project. The purpose is to review the resettlement work comprehensively to see if the applicable regulations and policies are complied with, inspect the implementation process, progress, fund management, resettlement effectiveness and satisfaction, identify outstanding issues, and propose feasible solutions accordingly. This due diligence investigation mainly covers HD policies and compensation rates, fund disbursement, resettlement progress and satisfaction, information, grievance redress, evaluation of outstanding issues, and a supplementary action plan. The following methods were used: 1) Deskwork: Project and resettlement documents were collected, referred to and verified. 2) Fieldwork: including sampling survey, FGD, key informant interview, participatory observation, etc. 3) Sampling survey: A sampling plan was designed, and 8 households affected by LA (57%) and 9 affected by HD (100%) were sampled for a questionnaire survey. 4) FGD: FGDs was held with PMO staff, village officials and AP representatives to learn HD and resettlement. 5) Key information interview: Key information interviews were conducted with heads of agencies concerned, household heads, women, old people, etc. 2. Compensation and resettlement 2.1 IAs The Lintao County Culture, Broadcast and Television Bureau is responsible for project 53 coordination, the housing and urban-rural development bureau for HD, compensation and resettlement, and Lintao Culture & Tourism Investment CO., Ltd. for construction. All agencies are well staffed, and operate normatively and smoothly, ensuring successful resettlement. 2.2 Compensation rates The HD compensation rates are based mainly on the Announcement of Compensation Rates for the Acquisition of Houses on State-owned Land in the Lintao County Town (LJF [2017] No. 516). Demolished houses will be subject to cash compensation, housing land allocation plus cash compensation, or property swap. Compensation paid to affected persons were all based on replacement cost, as assessed by Gansu Hongxin Real Estate Assessment Company. All Compensation was paid in full before actual land acquisition or demolition of structures commenced. This is in line with national rules and regulations and World Bank OP4.12. 2.3 Resettlement measures All three affected entities have entered into compensation agreements. A third party appraisal agency has been appointed. Most of the affected entities choose the resettlement mode of cash compensation. No outstanding issue has arisen. Figure 2-1 HD compensation agreements and appraisal forms 2.4 Evaluation It can be seen that each affected entity will receive sufficient compensation for proper resettlement and livelihood development. 3. Sampling and satisfaction surveys 3.1 Overview of sampling survey 11.1 mu of collective land in Majiayao Village, Taoyang Town, Lintao County will be occupied permanently, affecting 14 households with 56 persons, and the compensation had been paid by 54 December 2017. This project involves the demolition of 6 properties with a total area of 1,712 m 2, affecting 6 entities with 24 persons, in which 3 entities have not into entered into a compensation agreement. Compensation is fixed through appraisal by Gansu Hongxin Real Estate Appraisal Co., Ltd., and is being paid orderly. The task force sampled 8 households affected by LA (57%) and 9 affected by HD (100%) for a questionnaire survey, and also conducted FGDs and key informant interviews. 1) Basic information ①Age structure and gender analysis: Among the 68 persons in the 17 sample households, 7 are under 16 years, accounting for 10.29%, including 3 males (8.33% of all males) and 4 females (12.5% of all females); 46 aged 16-59 years, accounting for 67.64%, including 25 males (69.44% of all males) and 21females (65.63% of all females); 15 aged 60 years or more, accounting for 22.06%, including 8 males (22.22% of all males) and 7females (21.87% of all females). ②Education: Among the 61 adult samples (aged 16 years or above), 15 persons have received primary school or below education, accounting for 24.59%; 26 have received junior high school education, accounting for 42.62%; 15 have received senior high school education, accounting for 24.59%; and 5 have received junior college or above education, accounting for 8.2%. Table 3-1 Statistics of population affected by HD Total Male Female Item N Percent (%) N Percent (%) N Percent (%) Age <16 years 7 10.29 3 8.33 4 12.50 16-59 years 46 67.65 25 69.44 21 65.63 ≥60 years 15 22.06 8 22.22 7 21.88 Subtotal 68 100.00 36 100 32 100 Educational level Primary school or below 15 24.59 8 28.57 7 21.21 Junior high school 26 42.62 11 39.29 15 45.45 Senior high school 15 24.59 7 25.00 8 24.24 Junior college or above 5 8.20 2 7.14 3 9.09 Subtotal 61 100 28 100 33 100 3.2 Satisfaction survey The task force conducted a satisfaction survey on all 17 sample households. See Table 3-2. Table 3-2 Resettlement Satisfaction Percent (%) Information Resettlement Option disclosure and Resettlement DMS Resettlement policy policy mode results policies implementation transparency Very dissatisfied 0 0 0 0 0 Dissatisfied 5.0 5.0 5.0 0 0 Neither, nor 35.0 65.0 45.0 50.0 50.0 Satisfied 60.0 30.0 45.0 45.0 50.0 Very satisfied 0 0 5.0 5.0 0 Total 100 100 100 100 100 Only 5% of the sample households are dissatisfied with information disclosure and policy transparency, resettlement mode, and DMS results, respectively, and 95% or more are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, satisfied or very satisfied in all aspects. 55 3.3 Evaluation It can be seen that 95% of the sample households are satisfied with information disclosure and policy transparency, resettlement mode, and DMS results, respectively, and 100% are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, satisfied or very satisfied with resettlement policies and their implementation. 4. Information disclosure and grievance redress 4.1 Information disclosure and consultation The Gansu Provincial Government announced the Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project in January 2018, including Majiayao Culture Exhibition Center and Majiayao Site Scenic Zone. The Project has been communicated extensively by various means. The PMO has conducted extensive consultation with the AHs by means of FGD, interview, etc. to make them aware of resettlement policies and programs. Figure 4-1 Disclosure of the Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project 4.2 Grievance redress A sound grievance redress mechanism has been established during resettlement implementation: Stage 1: If any AP is dissatisfied with the RAP, he/she can file an oral or written appeal with the village committee orally or in writing. In case of an oral appeal, the village committee shall handle such appeal and keep written records. Such appeal should be solved within 2 weeks. Stage 2: If the AP is dissatisfied with the disposition of Stage 1, he/she may file an appeal with the Taoyang Town Government or Lintao PMO after receiving such disposition, which shall make a disposition within 2 weeks. Stage 3: If the AP is still dissatisfied with the disposition of Stage 2, he/she may file a suit in a civil court in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law of the PRC after receiving such award. The APs may file an appeal about any aspect of resettlement, including compensation rates, etc. The above appeal channel will be notified to the APs at a meeting or otherwise, so that the APs 56 are fully aware of their right of appeal. Mass media will be utilized for publicity, and opinions and advice about resettlement will be compiled into messages for study and disposition by the resettlement agencies. In practice, the compensation rates of this project comply with the applicable regulations and policies, and compensation has been paid fully and timely to the satisfaction of the APs, so no appeal or grievance has arisen. Some minor issues, such as omissions or errors in the DMS, were corrected on spot, and resulted in no grievance. The AHs expect to receive compensation and be resettled as early as possible. 4.3 Evaluation No appeal or grievance has occurred to date, indicating that the public participation and grievance redress mechanism has played a good role during resettlement. 5. Conclusion and advice 5.1 Conclusion 11.1 mu of collective land in Majiayao Village, Taoyang Town, Lintao County will be occupied permanently, affecting 14 households with 56 persons, and the compensation had been paid by December 2017. This project involves the demolition of 6 properties with a total area of 1,712 m 2, affecting 6 entities with 24 persons, in which 3 entities have not into entered into a compensation agreement. Compensation is fixed through appraisal by Gansu Hongxin Real Estate Appraisal Co., Ltd., and is being paid orderly. 95% of the sample households are satisfied with information disclosure and policy transparency, resettlement mode, and DMS results, respectively, and 100% are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, satisfied or very satisfied with resettlement policies and their implementation. All resettlement and compensation activities have been conducted orderly, and no appeal or grievance has occurred to date. 3 affected entities have entered into compensation agreements, and the other 3 are in negotiation. Each affected entity will receive sufficient compensation for proper resettlement and livelihood development. 5.2 Advice This project involves the demolition of 6 properties with a total area of 1,712 m 2, affecting 6 entities with 24 persons, in which 3 entities have not into entered into a compensation agreement. These 3 entities should enter into compensation agreements, and be resettled properly as soon as possible to complete HD. This should be included in the internal and external M&E system, and reported to the Gansu PMO and the Bank semiannually until all AHs are resettled. 57 Annex: Relevant Policies and Compensation Documents 1. Announcement of Compensation Rates for the Acquisition of Houses on State-owned Land in the Lintao County Town 58 59 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project 2. Land acquisition and allocation document of Lintao County, Dingxi City Appendix 2 Opinions on the Handling of Some Issues of House Acquisition on State-owned Land of Qinzhou District 60 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project Appendix 3 Notice of the Gansu Provincial Government on Issuing Location-based Land Compensation Rates and Uniform AAOV Rates of Gansu Province 61 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project 62 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Proje Appendix 4 Compensation Rates for Land Acquisition and Ground Attachments for the Tianping Expressw 63 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project 64 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project Appendix 5 Notice of Wushan County People's Government on Compensation Standard for Young Seedlings in Wushan Transit Section of Lancheng Oil Pipeline 65 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project Appendix 6 Notice of the Wushan County People's Government on the compensation plan for the land acquisition and demolition (historical legacy) in the planned area of the county town 66 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project 67 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project Appendix 7 Wushan County Project Office Leading Group 68 Resettlement Action Plan of the World Bank-financed Gansu Silk Road Revitalization Project Appendix 8 Due Diligence Review Report on Lacquer Ware, Tianshui City. (Attached as separate document) Appendix 9 Due Diligence Review Report on Hanmo Culture, Tongwei County. (Attached as separate document) 69